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Default Using checkboxes and text boxes to build questionnaire

The controls on the design toolbar are not intended for use in protected
forms.
Use check box form fields and text form fields if you want a protected form.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Mark Higgitt wrote:
Can anyone help.
I've constructed a simple client questionnaire in Word, using
checkboxes and textboxes.
The purpose is for clients to complete the Word document and return
it to us as an updated e-mail attachment.
Everything's fine through the Design mode and when I exit Design
mode. I can click in each text box and add text, and check each
checkbox.
However, as soon as I click the toolbar padlock icon, to protect the
document, clicking into any of the first series of textboxes
automatically activates the first checkbox.
If I switch the padlock off, I'm back to a useable form. Any thoughts
as to what the problem is... and, more importantly, the fix?
Thanks in anticipation,

Mark Higgitt
donorflex
Birmingham
England