What you are describing is a protected form. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

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"msr74green" wrote in message
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In Microsoft Word 2003, I have a created document. There are blanks that
need
to be completed. I would like to be able to tab from one space to the next
without disturbing the format of the document. Whe pushed, the tab button
should only move from on blank space to the other.