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Forms - Controls to Calculate Totals WITHOUT Using Legacy Controls
Hi
I'd like to use forms in Word 2007 to create some fields where numbers are typed in, and then another field gets updated at the bottom of the page with the sum of all the previous numbers. This can be done in Word 2003, and even in Word 2007 through legacy controls - fine - but to use legacy controls in 2007, the document must be protected. In Word 2007, dropdown lists don't require the document to be protected - great! But Word 2007 doesn't seem to allow fields where numbers are inputted and a total given elsewhere - it seems like legacy controls must be used. But then because they are legacy controls, the document needs to be protected. Is there a way to get numbers in some fields and totals outputted somewhere using native Word 2007 functionality, and not legacy controls? I ask this because then I would not need to protect my document. I can do this with dropdown lists currently, but there doesn't seem to be a way to have the sums and totals using numbers, unless legacy controls are used. I amaware of being able to protect portions of a document using section breaks, but I want to allow editing of a table in which contains controls - in short, I just want to be able to create a form with no protection - which can be done with dropdown lists - but I want to have controls for manipulating numbers WITHOUT having to resort to legacy controls (which require protection). Thanks to whoever can help |
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