Went to link... yes this is the problem, but I'm not really sophisticated
enough to understand how to implement the macro. Can you help with this as
well?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...lfResetOff.htm

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"tlist" wrote in message
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How do I unprotect a form to alter a form field, make the change, and
then
protect again without reseting all the other form fields to thier default
values?