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Form for header, but body being editable
Hi,
I use a document header that looks the same on lots of pages (with info about author, document title etc.). Can I somehow use a form for this so that the person entering the information more easily can enter the information without being able to edit the field titles? I want the body of the document to be editable. The header looks like this: Document title: name Author: author Date: date Version: version Signatu initials Page X of Y I only want the parts within to be editable, so that the person entering the info simply can click TAB to move between the fields. And as I said, the body should be editable, as I only want to use a form to make it easier to fill in the document headers. Hope I made smyself clear. Thanks! :-) |
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Form for header, but body being editable
Put that information in it's own section and have the bits as form fields
then use document protection, protecting for forms and checking the sections containing the header info as the locked ones. "westis" wrote: Hi, I use a document header that looks the same on lots of pages (with info about author, document title etc.). Can I somehow use a form for this so that the person entering the information more easily can enter the information without being able to edit the field titles? I want the body of the document to be editable. The header looks like this: Document title: name Author: author Date: date Version: version Signatu initials Page X of Y I only want the parts within to be editable, so that the person entering the info simply can click TAB to move between the fields. And as I said, the body should be editable, as I only want to use a form to make it easier to fill in the document headers. Hope I made smyself clear. Thanks! :-) |
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Form for header, but body being editable
Use document properties - they've got a ready made form and can be picked up
as fields in the header. -- Enjoy, Tony "westis" wrote in message ... Hi, I use a document header that looks the same on lots of pages (with info about author, document title etc.). Can I somehow use a form for this so that the person entering the information more easily can enter the information without being able to edit the field titles? I want the body of the document to be editable. The header looks like this: Document title: name Author: author Date: date Version: version Signatu initials Page X of Y I only want the parts within to be editable, so that the person entering the info simply can click TAB to move between the fields. And as I said, the body should be editable, as I only want to use a form to make it easier to fill in the document headers. Hope I made smyself clear. Thanks! :-) |
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Form for header, but body being editable
Thanks!
Since I also use fields in the header that are not in Document Properties, can I insert custom fields that I add to that tab in the document? For example "Section" or "Accepted by". Because for inserting autotext to a header there are only a few set options for Header/Footer. Also, in already existing documents, can I use these custom fields in Document Properties without having to add them again for every single document? Thanks! "Tony Jollans" wrote: Use document properties - they've got a ready made form and can be picked up as fields in the header. -- Enjoy, Tony |
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Form for header, but body being editable
You can create custom document properties; see the Custom tab of File |
Properties. And you can insert any of these anywhere in a document using the appropriate DocProperty field (see Insert | Field). If you want the custom properties available in any document, create them in the document template. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "westis" wrote in message ... Thanks! Since I also use fields in the header that are not in Document Properties, can I insert custom fields that I add to that tab in the document? For example "Section" or "Accepted by". Because for inserting autotext to a header there are only a few set options for Header/Footer. Also, in already existing documents, can I use these custom fields in Document Properties without having to add them again for every single document? Thanks! "Tony Jollans" wrote: Use document properties - they've got a ready made form and can be picked up as fields in the header. -- Enjoy, Tony |
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Form for header, but body being editable
Answered in-line below.
But first, if the information will appear in your document body, you can have it reflected automatically in the header/footer (or elsewhere) using a StyleRef field. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...PlusHeader.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...rd97Header.htm (regardless of the version of Word you are using). "westis" wrote in message ... Thanks! Since I also use fields in the header that are not in Document Properties, can I insert custom fields that I add to that tab in the document? For example "Section" or "Accepted by". Because for inserting autotext to a header there are only a few set options for Header/Footer. You can add things to the Header/footer AutoText toolbar. Simply add the info you want to your AutoText entries making sure that when you add the text it is formatted with the Header style. Likewise, you can add your own custom document properties. Fields to display them can be added to your AutoText. Also, in already existing documents, can I use these custom fields in Document Properties without having to add them again for every single document? No. Each document will have to be edited. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/BatchFR.htm for a macro that cycles through every document in a directory to do a Find and Replace. You could modify this to insert the properties and header items you want. Thanks! "Tony Jollans" wrote: Use document properties - they've got a ready made form and can be picked up as fields in the header. -- Enjoy, Tony -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. |
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