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Hello. I've been reading a lot of helpful information on these boards about
drop-down lists in Word docs. I can add them fine, but I was wondering if there's a setting I can use in Word 2007 to maintain the drop-down arrow and border without having to click on the words for those graphics to appear. Our Implementation group is creating a questionaire, and they believe it would be less confusing for the drop-down highlighting to be "on" at all times and not just when a reader/user has a cursor over the text. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Kevin Sedelmeier Technical Writer QSR Automations, Inc. |
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Hi Kevin,
If you use the 'legacy tools' version of the dropdown box, the dropdown arrow remains visible. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Style Council" wrote in message ... Hello. I've been reading a lot of helpful information on these boards about drop-down lists in Word docs. I can add them fine, but I was wondering if there's a setting I can use in Word 2007 to maintain the drop-down arrow and border without having to click on the words for those graphics to appear. Our Implementation group is creating a questionaire, and they believe it would be less confusing for the drop-down highlighting to be "on" at all times and not just when a reader/user has a cursor over the text. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Kevin Sedelmeier Technical Writer QSR Automations, Inc. |
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macropod,
Thanks for the help. I went to the legacy tools and tried the drop-down list from there, but I still can't see the drop-down arrow in the Word doc, and now I can not see the options I entered in the Drop-Down Form Fields Options dialog box, either. Obviously, there's something I'm not doing right. Do I need macros? I've looked around the Internet as well, but nothing has helped. In the words of Charlie Brown, "Auuuggghhh." -- Kevin Sedelmeier Technical Writer QSR Automations, Inc. "macropod" wrote: Hi Kevin, If you use the 'legacy tools' version of the dropdown box, the dropdown arrow remains visible. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Style Council" wrote in message ... Hello. I've been reading a lot of helpful information on these boards about drop-down lists in Word docs. I can add them fine, but I was wondering if there's a setting I can use in Word 2007 to maintain the drop-down arrow and border without having to click on the words for those graphics to appear. Our Implementation group is creating a questionaire, and they believe it would be less confusing for the drop-down highlighting to be "on" at all times and not just when a reader/user has a cursor over the text. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Kevin Sedelmeier Technical Writer QSR Automations, Inc. |
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Have you protected the document for forms? You don't see the arrow until you
do. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Style Council wrote: macropod, Thanks for the help. I went to the legacy tools and tried the drop-down list from there, but I still can't see the drop-down arrow in the Word doc, and now I can not see the options I entered in the Drop-Down Form Fields Options dialog box, either. Obviously, there's something I'm not doing right. Do I need macros? I've looked around the Internet as well, but nothing has helped. In the words of Charlie Brown, "Auuuggghhh." Hi Kevin, If you use the 'legacy tools' version of the dropdown box, the dropdown arrow remains visible. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Style Council" wrote in message ... Hello. I've been reading a lot of helpful information on these boards about drop-down lists in Word docs. I can add them fine, but I was wondering if there's a setting I can use in Word 2007 to maintain the drop-down arrow and border without having to click on the words for those graphics to appear. Our Implementation group is creating a questionaire, and they believe it would be less confusing for the drop-down highlighting to be "on" at all times and not just when a reader/user has a cursor over the text. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Kevin Sedelmeier Technical Writer QSR Automations, Inc. |
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Graham,
I have it so that "Your permissions" says: This document is protected from unintentional editing. You may only fill in forms in this region." That's from the Protect icon in my toolbar. However, when I click on the Protect Document icon and try to change Unrestricted Access to Restricted Access, the check mark next to Unrestricted Access doesn't change. Which setting should I be concerned about? Obviously, our Implemention department using this for customer input doesn't want the customer to be able to add or delete any of the drop-down options - which takes me back to the original problem they came to me with. They want our customers to see the drop-down arrows and forms easily in the doc. Thanks for your help and time with these questions. -- Kevin Sedelmeier Technical Writer QSR Automations, Inc. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Have you protected the document for forms? You don't see the arrow until you do. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Style Council wrote: macropod, Thanks for the help. I went to the legacy tools and tried the drop-down list from there, but I still can't see the drop-down arrow in the Word doc, and now I can not see the options I entered in the Drop-Down Form Fields Options dialog box, either. Obviously, there's something I'm not doing right. Do I need macros? I've looked around the Internet as well, but nothing has helped. In the words of Charlie Brown, "Auuuggghhh." Hi Kevin, If you use the 'legacy tools' version of the dropdown box, the dropdown arrow remains visible. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Style Council" wrote in message ... Hello. I've been reading a lot of helpful information on these boards about drop-down lists in Word docs. I can add them fine, but I was wondering if there's a setting I can use in Word 2007 to maintain the drop-down arrow and border without having to click on the words for those graphics to appear. Our Implementation group is creating a questionaire, and they believe it would be less confusing for the drop-down highlighting to be "on" at all times and not just when a reader/user has a cursor over the text. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Kevin Sedelmeier Technical Writer QSR Automations, Inc. |
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From the Developer Toolbar
Protect Document Check 'restrict formatting and editing' Under '2. Editing restrictions' select 'Filling in forms' Click Yes, Start Enforcing Protection. Add a password at the next prompt (if required) then click OK -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Style Council wrote: Graham, I have it so that "Your permissions" says: This document is protected from unintentional editing. You may only fill in forms in this region." That's from the Protect icon in my toolbar. However, when I click on the Protect Document icon and try to change Unrestricted Access to Restricted Access, the check mark next to Unrestricted Access doesn't change. Which setting should I be concerned about? Obviously, our Implemention department using this for customer input doesn't want the customer to be able to add or delete any of the drop-down options - which takes me back to the original problem they came to me with. They want our customers to see the drop-down arrows and forms easily in the doc. Thanks for your help and time with these questions. Have you protected the document for forms? You don't see the arrow until you do. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Style Council wrote: macropod, Thanks for the help. I went to the legacy tools and tried the drop-down list from there, but I still can't see the drop-down arrow in the Word doc, and now I can not see the options I entered in the Drop-Down Form Fields Options dialog box, either. Obviously, there's something I'm not doing right. Do I need macros? I've looked around the Internet as well, but nothing has helped. In the words of Charlie Brown, "Auuuggghhh." Hi Kevin, If you use the 'legacy tools' version of the dropdown box, the dropdown arrow remains visible. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Style Council" wrote in message ... Hello. I've been reading a lot of helpful information on these boards about drop-down lists in Word docs. I can add them fine, but I was wondering if there's a setting I can use in Word 2007 to maintain the drop-down arrow and border without having to click on the words for those graphics to appear. Our Implementation group is creating a questionaire, and they believe it would be less confusing for the drop-down highlighting to be "on" at all times and not just when a reader/user has a cursor over the text. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Kevin Sedelmeier Technical Writer QSR Automations, Inc. |
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Graham,
Thanks. This looks more like it. If I scroll to the line where there's a drop-down, the down arrow appears. I think it looks fine now. Out of curiosity, is there any way to retain the arrow regardless if you are on that particular line of text or not? For example, if someone was scrolling through and reading the document on their PC, they could scan it and immediately see which fields are drop-downs because of the arrows? I appreciate all of the help. -- Kevin Sedelmeier Technical Writer QSR Automations, Inc. "Graham Mayor" wrote: From the Developer Toolbar Protect Document Check 'restrict formatting and editing' Under '2. Editing restrictions' select 'Filling in forms' Click Yes, Start Enforcing Protection. Add a password at the next prompt (if required) then click OK -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Style Council wrote: Graham, I have it so that "Your permissions" says: This document is protected from unintentional editing. You may only fill in forms in this region." That's from the Protect icon in my toolbar. However, when I click on the Protect Document icon and try to change Unrestricted Access to Restricted Access, the check mark next to Unrestricted Access doesn't change. Which setting should I be concerned about? Obviously, our Implemention department using this for customer input doesn't want the customer to be able to add or delete any of the drop-down options - which takes me back to the original problem they came to me with. They want our customers to see the drop-down arrows and forms easily in the doc. Thanks for your help and time with these questions. Have you protected the document for forms? You don't see the arrow until you do. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Style Council wrote: macropod, Thanks for the help. I went to the legacy tools and tried the drop-down list from there, but I still can't see the drop-down arrow in the Word doc, and now I can not see the options I entered in the Drop-Down Form Fields Options dialog box, either. Obviously, there's something I'm not doing right. Do I need macros? I've looked around the Internet as well, but nothing has helped. In the words of Charlie Brown, "Auuuggghhh." Hi Kevin, If you use the 'legacy tools' version of the dropdown box, the dropdown arrow remains visible. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Style Council" wrote in message ... Hello. I've been reading a lot of helpful information on these boards about drop-down lists in Word docs. I can add them fine, but I was wondering if there's a setting I can use in Word 2007 to maintain the drop-down arrow and border without having to click on the words for those graphics to appear. Our Implementation group is creating a questionaire, and they believe it would be less confusing for the drop-down highlighting to be "on" at all times and not just when a reader/user has a cursor over the text. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Kevin Sedelmeier Technical Writer QSR Automations, Inc. |
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No - the arrow only shows when the field is selected.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Style Council wrote: Graham, Thanks. This looks more like it. If I scroll to the line where there's a drop-down, the down arrow appears. I think it looks fine now. Out of curiosity, is there any way to retain the arrow regardless if you are on that particular line of text or not? For example, if someone was scrolling through and reading the document on their PC, they could scan it and immediately see which fields are drop-downs because of the arrows? I appreciate all of the help. From the Developer Toolbar Protect Document Check 'restrict formatting and editing' Under '2. Editing restrictions' select 'Filling in forms' Click Yes, Start Enforcing Protection. Add a password at the next prompt (if required) then click OK -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Style Council wrote: Graham, I have it so that "Your permissions" says: This document is protected from unintentional editing. You may only fill in forms in this region." That's from the Protect icon in my toolbar. However, when I click on the Protect Document icon and try to change Unrestricted Access to Restricted Access, the check mark next to Unrestricted Access doesn't change. Which setting should I be concerned about? Obviously, our Implemention department using this for customer input doesn't want the customer to be able to add or delete any of the drop-down options - which takes me back to the original problem they came to me with. They want our customers to see the drop-down arrows and forms easily in the doc. Thanks for your help and time with these questions. Have you protected the document for forms? You don't see the arrow until you do. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Style Council wrote: macropod, Thanks for the help. I went to the legacy tools and tried the drop-down list from there, but I still can't see the drop-down arrow in the Word doc, and now I can not see the options I entered in the Drop-Down Form Fields Options dialog box, either. Obviously, there's something I'm not doing right. Do I need macros? I've looked around the Internet as well, but nothing has helped. In the words of Charlie Brown, "Auuuggghhh." Hi Kevin, If you use the 'legacy tools' version of the dropdown box, the dropdown arrow remains visible. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Style Council" wrote in message ... Hello. I've been reading a lot of helpful information on these boards about drop-down lists in Word docs. I can add them fine, but I was wondering if there's a setting I can use in Word 2007 to maintain the drop-down arrow and border without having to click on the words for those graphics to appear. Our Implementation group is creating a questionaire, and they believe it would be less confusing for the drop-down highlighting to be "on" at all times and not just when a reader/user has a cursor over the text. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Kevin Sedelmeier Technical Writer QSR Automations, Inc. |
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