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Using radio button controls in a Word form
I'm creating forms for users to download from a website. The first form I
developed contained a drop-down list and numerous radio buttons from the Controls toolbar, and works perfectly for everyone who has downloaded one. And they open ok for me, i.e. NOT in design view, when they are e-mailed to me by users. The second one I'm developing is similar and has no drop-down list and only 3 radio buttons. But after downloading to my PC this second form frustratingly opens in controls design view so the buttons don't work. Why is this? How can one form work perfectly and another not? -- Nellie |
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Using radio button controls in a Word form
Active X controls are intended for web pages and can create more problems
than they solve in Word documents. Use form fields instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... I'm creating forms for users to download from a website. The first form I developed contained a drop-down list and numerous radio buttons from the Controls toolbar, and works perfectly for everyone who has downloaded one. And they open ok for me, i.e. NOT in design view, when they are e-mailed to me by users. The second one I'm developing is similar and has no drop-down list and only 3 radio buttons. But after downloading to my PC this second form frustratingly opens in controls design view so the buttons don't work. Why is this? How can one form work perfectly and another not? -- Nellie |
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Using radio button controls in a Word form
Active X controls are intended for web pages and can create more problems
than they solve in Word documents. Use form fields instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... I'm creating forms for users to download from a website. The first form I developed contained a drop-down list and numerous radio buttons from the Controls toolbar, and works perfectly for everyone who has downloaded one. And they open ok for me, i.e. NOT in design view, when they are e-mailed to me by users. The second one I'm developing is similar and has no drop-down list and only 3 radio buttons. But after downloading to my PC this second form frustratingly opens in controls design view so the buttons don't work. Why is this? How can one form work perfectly and another not? -- Nellie |
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Using radio button controls in a Word form
Many thanks. I can't see a form field equivalent to an exclusive radio
button. I should say that I am new to this. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: Active X controls are intended for web pages and can create more problems than they solve in Word documents. Use form fields instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... I'm creating forms for users to download from a website. The first form I developed contained a drop-down list and numerous radio buttons from the Controls toolbar, and works perfectly for everyone who has downloaded one. And they open ok for me, i.e. NOT in design view, when they are e-mailed to me by users. The second one I'm developing is similar and has no drop-down list and only 3 radio buttons. But after downloading to my PC this second form frustratingly opens in controls design view so the buttons don't work. Why is this? How can one form work perfectly and another not? -- Nellie . |
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Using radio button controls in a Word form
Many thanks. I can't see a form field equivalent to an exclusive radio button. I should say that I am new to this. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: Active X controls are intended for web pages and can create more problems than they solve in Word documents. Use form fields instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... I'm creating forms for users to download from a website. The first form I developed contained a drop-down list and numerous radio buttons from the Controls toolbar, and works perfectly for everyone who has downloaded one. And they open ok for me, i.e. NOT in design view, when they are e-mailed to me by users. The second one I'm developing is similar and has no drop-down list and only 3 radio buttons. But after downloading to my PC this second form frustratingly opens in controls design view so the buttons don't work. Why is this? How can one form work perfectly and another not? -- Nellie . |
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Using radio button controls in a Word form
There is no direct equivalent, but you can make check boxes behave as such -
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfm...FmFldChbxs.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... Many thanks. I can't see a form field equivalent to an exclusive radio button. I should say that I am new to this. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: Active X controls are intended for web pages and can create more problems than they solve in Word documents. Use form fields instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... I'm creating forms for users to download from a website. The first form I developed contained a drop-down list and numerous radio buttons from the Controls toolbar, and works perfectly for everyone who has downloaded one. And they open ok for me, i.e. NOT in design view, when they are e-mailed to me by users. The second one I'm developing is similar and has no drop-down list and only 3 radio buttons. But after downloading to my PC this second form frustratingly opens in controls design view so the buttons don't work. Why is this? How can one form work perfectly and another not? -- Nellie . |
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Using radio button controls in a Word form
There is no direct equivalent, but you can make check boxes behave as such -
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfm...FmFldChbxs.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... Many thanks. I can't see a form field equivalent to an exclusive radio button. I should say that I am new to this. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: Active X controls are intended for web pages and can create more problems than they solve in Word documents. Use form fields instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... I'm creating forms for users to download from a website. The first form I developed contained a drop-down list and numerous radio buttons from the Controls toolbar, and works perfectly for everyone who has downloaded one. And they open ok for me, i.e. NOT in design view, when they are e-mailed to me by users. The second one I'm developing is similar and has no drop-down list and only 3 radio buttons. But after downloading to my PC this second form frustratingly opens in controls design view so the buttons don't work. Why is this? How can one form work perfectly and another not? -- Nellie . |
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Using radio button controls in a Word form
Thanks again. The article looks very interesting but it is above my head.
I'm new to this. Whilst I've done quite a lot of VBE in Excel I've never tried it in Word and I'm not sure how to get started. What do I do with the macro listed in the article? Also, Word Help only covers frames in the context of web pages. How do I use frames in an "ordinary" document that will be e-mailed between users? Thanks for your support. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: There is no direct equivalent, but you can make check boxes behave as such - http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfm...FmFldChbxs.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... Many thanks. I can't see a form field equivalent to an exclusive radio button. I should say that I am new to this. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: Active X controls are intended for web pages and can create more problems than they solve in Word documents. Use form fields instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... I'm creating forms for users to download from a website. The first form I developed contained a drop-down list and numerous radio buttons from the Controls toolbar, and works perfectly for everyone who has downloaded one. And they open ok for me, i.e. NOT in design view, when they are e-mailed to me by users. The second one I'm developing is similar and has no drop-down list and only 3 radio buttons. But after downloading to my PC this second form frustratingly opens in controls design view so the buttons don't work. Why is this? How can one form work perfectly and another not? -- Nellie . . |
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Using radio button controls in a Word form
Thanks again. The article looks very interesting but it is above my head.
I'm new to this. Whilst I've done quite a lot of VBE in Excel I've never tried it in Word and I'm not sure how to get started. What do I do with the macro listed in the article? Also, Word Help only covers frames in the context of web pages. How do I use frames in an "ordinary" document that will be e-mailed between users? Thanks for your support. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: There is no direct equivalent, but you can make check boxes behave as such - http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfm...FmFldChbxs.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... Many thanks. I can't see a form field equivalent to an exclusive radio button. I should say that I am new to this. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: Active X controls are intended for web pages and can create more problems than they solve in Word documents. Use form fields instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... I'm creating forms for users to download from a website. The first form I developed contained a drop-down list and numerous radio buttons from the Controls toolbar, and works perfectly for everyone who has downloaded one. And they open ok for me, i.e. NOT in design view, when they are e-mailed to me by users. The second one I'm developing is similar and has no drop-down list and only 3 radio buttons. But after downloading to my PC this second form frustratingly opens in controls design view so the buttons don't work. Why is this? How can one form work perfectly and another not? -- Nellie . . |
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Using radio button controls in a Word form
See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
A frame is an element akin to a text box but in the text layer of the document. Unless you add the insert frame command to a toolbar the simplest approach to creating a frame is to draw a text box then from the text box properties text box tab convert to frame. If you have Word 2003 or earlier you can insert a frame from the forms toolbar (as shown on the web page). With Word 2007 you can access the same toolset by using the add-in from http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Classic%20Form%20Controls.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... Thanks again. The article looks very interesting but it is above my head. I'm new to this. Whilst I've done quite a lot of VBE in Excel I've never tried it in Word and I'm not sure how to get started. What do I do with the macro listed in the article? Also, Word Help only covers frames in the context of web pages. How do I use frames in an "ordinary" document that will be e-mailed between users? Thanks for your support. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: There is no direct equivalent, but you can make check boxes behave as such - http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfm...FmFldChbxs.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... Many thanks. I can't see a form field equivalent to an exclusive radio button. I should say that I am new to this. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: Active X controls are intended for web pages and can create more problems than they solve in Word documents. Use form fields instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... I'm creating forms for users to download from a website. The first form I developed contained a drop-down list and numerous radio buttons from the Controls toolbar, and works perfectly for everyone who has downloaded one. And they open ok for me, i.e. NOT in design view, when they are e-mailed to me by users. The second one I'm developing is similar and has no drop-down list and only 3 radio buttons. But after downloading to my PC this second form frustratingly opens in controls design view so the buttons don't work. Why is this? How can one form work perfectly and another not? -- Nellie . . |
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Using radio button controls in a Word form
See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
A frame is an element akin to a text box but in the text layer of the document. Unless you add the insert frame command to a toolbar the simplest approach to creating a frame is to draw a text box then from the text box properties text box tab convert to frame. If you have Word 2003 or earlier you can insert a frame from the forms toolbar (as shown on the web page). With Word 2007 you can access the same toolset by using the add-in from http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Classic%20Form%20Controls.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... Thanks again. The article looks very interesting but it is above my head. I'm new to this. Whilst I've done quite a lot of VBE in Excel I've never tried it in Word and I'm not sure how to get started. What do I do with the macro listed in the article? Also, Word Help only covers frames in the context of web pages. How do I use frames in an "ordinary" document that will be e-mailed between users? Thanks for your support. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: There is no direct equivalent, but you can make check boxes behave as such - http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfm...FmFldChbxs.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... Many thanks. I can't see a form field equivalent to an exclusive radio button. I should say that I am new to this. -- Nellie "Graham Mayor" wrote: Active X controls are intended for web pages and can create more problems than they solve in Word documents. Use form fields instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Nellie" wrote in message ... I'm creating forms for users to download from a website. The first form I developed contained a drop-down list and numerous radio buttons from the Controls toolbar, and works perfectly for everyone who has downloaded one. And they open ok for me, i.e. NOT in design view, when they are e-mailed to me by users. The second one I'm developing is similar and has no drop-down list and only 3 radio buttons. But after downloading to my PC this second form frustratingly opens in controls design view so the buttons don't work. Why is this? How can one form work perfectly and another not? -- Nellie . . |
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