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Protecting section of form while using Auto TOC elsewhere.
Using Word 2000, I am creating a doc with form fields on the first page only,
so therefore, I'll need to protect that section only, and the remainder of the document will be a normal document (unprotected) allowing complete freedom to the person filling in text. When I protect the first section, I notice that I cannot automatically update my automatic table of contents any longer. If this won't work, then is there another way to separate the first page from the rest of the document but some way to make them forever linked so they cannot get lost one from the other - perhaps using Master documents? One other thing I wanted to do was fill in one field on the first page (which is protected) and have that content get filled in elsewhere in the document (in the unprotected section). I know if the entire doc was protected, that I could use macros to auto fill another field upon filling in the first field but that is not my case. The overall goal is to have a very user-friendly document for novice users. |
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Hi ?B?QVc=?=,
The easy part, first: Form fields generally have names (by default, something like Text1); these names are also bookmarks. So you can insert a cross-reference to an existing form field to display its content elsewhere in the document. Now for the tough part, the TOC. In my experience, TOCs generally do not update properly in a document protected as a form. Irregardless of whether they're in a protected or unprotected section (unprotected section is better). The best solution would certainly be to use a macro that unprotects, forces the TOC update, then reprotects. Since your goal is mainly to make everything easier for the novice user, this might be a valid approach. Using Word 2000, I am creating a doc with form fields on the first page only, so therefore, I'll need to protect that section only, and the remainder of the document will be a normal document (unprotected) allowing complete freedom to the person filling in text. When I protect the first section, I notice that I cannot automatically update my automatic table of contents any longer. If this won't work, then is there another way to separate the first page from the rest of the document but some way to make them forever linked so they cannot get lost one from the other - perhaps using Master documents? One other thing I wanted to do was fill in one field on the first page (which is protected) and have that content get filled in elsewhere in the document (in the unprotected section). I know if the entire doc was protected, that I could use macros to auto fill another field upon filling in the first field but that is not my case. The overall goal is to have a very user-friendly document for novice users. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Cindy,
I have the same problem as AW with getting a ToC to update in a form. But what would the macro be? If I set up a macro to unprotect the doc, update the ToC and then re-protect the document, then the info that I have put in the form fields will be lost when the form is re-protected. Help!! "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?QVc=?=, The easy part, first: Form fields generally have names (by default, something like Text1); these names are also bookmarks. So you can insert a cross-reference to an existing form field to display its content elsewhere in the document. Now for the tough part, the TOC. In my experience, TOCs generally do not update properly in a document protected as a form. Irregardless of whether they're in a protected or unprotected section (unprotected section is better). The best solution would certainly be to use a macro that unprotects, forces the TOC update, then reprotects. Since your goal is mainly to make everything easier for the novice user, this might be a valid approach. Using Word 2000, I am creating a doc with form fields on the first page only, so therefore, I'll need to protect that section only, and the remainder of the document will be a normal document (unprotected) allowing complete freedom to the person filling in text. When I protect the first section, I notice that I cannot automatically update my automatic table of contents any longer. If this won't work, then is there another way to separate the first page from the rest of the document but some way to make them forever linked so they cannot get lost one from the other - perhaps using Master documents? One other thing I wanted to do was fill in one field on the first page (which is protected) and have that content get filled in elsewhere in the document (in the unprotected section). I know if the entire doc was protected, that I could use macros to auto fill another field upon filling in the first field but that is not my case. The overall goal is to have a very user-friendly document for novice users. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...lfResetOff.htm.
-- 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "La La Lara" wrote in message ... Cindy, I have the same problem as AW with getting a ToC to update in a form. But what would the macro be? If I set up a macro to unprotect the doc, update the ToC and then re-protect the document, then the info that I have put in the form fields will be lost when the form is re-protected. Help!! "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?QVc=?=, The easy part, first: Form fields generally have names (by default, something like Text1); these names are also bookmarks. So you can insert a cross-reference to an existing form field to display its content elsewhere in the document. Now for the tough part, the TOC. In my experience, TOCs generally do not update properly in a document protected as a form. Irregardless of whether they're in a protected or unprotected section (unprotected section is better). The best solution would certainly be to use a macro that unprotects, forces the TOC update, then reprotects. Since your goal is mainly to make everything easier for the novice user, this might be a valid approach. Using Word 2000, I am creating a doc with form fields on the first page only, so therefore, I'll need to protect that section only, and the remainder of the document will be a normal document (unprotected) allowing complete freedom to the person filling in text. When I protect the first section, I notice that I cannot automatically update my automatic table of contents any longer. If this won't work, then is there another way to separate the first page from the rest of the document but some way to make them forever linked so they cannot get lost one from the other - perhaps using Master documents? One other thing I wanted to do was fill in one field on the first page (which is protected) and have that content get filled in elsewhere in the document (in the unprotected section). I know if the entire doc was protected, that I could use macros to auto fill another field upon filling in the first field but that is not my case. The overall goal is to have a very user-friendly document for novice users. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Thanks for that, Charles - it works a treat!
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...lfResetOff.htm. -- 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "La La Lara" wrote in message ... Cindy, I have the same problem as AW with getting a ToC to update in a form. But what would the macro be? If I set up a macro to unprotect the doc, update the ToC and then re-protect the document, then the info that I have put in the form fields will be lost when the form is re-protected. Help!! "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?QVc=?=, The easy part, first: Form fields generally have names (by default, something like Text1); these names are also bookmarks. So you can insert a cross-reference to an existing form field to display its content elsewhere in the document. Now for the tough part, the TOC. In my experience, TOCs generally do not update properly in a document protected as a form. Irregardless of whether they're in a protected or unprotected section (unprotected section is better). The best solution would certainly be to use a macro that unprotects, forces the TOC update, then reprotects. Since your goal is mainly to make everything easier for the novice user, this might be a valid approach. Using Word 2000, I am creating a doc with form fields on the first page only, so therefore, I'll need to protect that section only, and the remainder of the document will be a normal document (unprotected) allowing complete freedom to the person filling in text. When I protect the first section, I notice that I cannot automatically update my automatic table of contents any longer. If this won't work, then is there another way to separate the first page from the rest of the document but some way to make them forever linked so they cannot get lost one from the other - perhaps using Master documents? One other thing I wanted to do was fill in one field on the first page (which is protected) and have that content get filled in elsewhere in the document (in the unprotected section). I know if the entire doc was protected, that I could use macros to auto fill another field upon filling in the first field but that is not my case. The overall goal is to have a very user-friendly document for novice users. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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