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Unlocking / locking word files
I am trying to create a word document for my customers to fill in.
It has 3 elements. -Text / Instructions - Drop down boxes - Text boxes In order for the drop down boxes to become active, they have to be locked. The problem is, that once they are locked, the entire document is locked and nothing can be typed in the text boxes. Is there some way to 'protect' these drop down boxes and still be able to type in the text boxes? Thanks in advance. |
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Unlocking / locking word files
On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:34:04 -0800, stu_thailand
wrote: I am trying to create a word document for my customers to fill in. It has 3 elements. -Text / Instructions - Drop down boxes - Text boxes In order for the drop down boxes to become active, they have to be locked. The problem is, that once they are locked, the entire document is locked and nothing can be typed in the text boxes. Is there some way to 'protect' these drop down boxes and still be able to type in the text boxes? Thanks in advance. There is a big difference between a "text box" and a "text form field". In a protected form document you need to use a text form field, which will allow the user to type. You insert a text form field from the same toolbar that you used to insert the dropdowns. Text boxes -- as you already found out -- are not editable in a protected document. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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