You need to create a protected form. This article is a good place to start:

http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22

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Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
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"Beamer" wrote in message
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I want to create a survey form in Word. I want customer to type answers on
a
line in the document, save and return to me. I do not want the format to
change during the survey period.
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Beamer