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Entering Text to a Form Text Box
I'm trying to enter text into a form text box, i.e. address or name.
Before I lock the form I can eneter text in the box afetr I lock it I can't enter anything. |
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Entering Text to a Form Text Box
It sounds like you're using an ordinary text box rather than a text form
field. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "skateblade" wrote in message ... I'm trying to enter text into a form text box, i.e. address or name. Before I lock the form I can eneter text in the box afetr I lock it I can't enter anything. |
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Entering Text to a Form Text Box
Did you insert the text field using the Forms toolbar? Note, a text box is a
drawing layer item which does not work in protected forms. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... I'm trying to enter text into a form text box, i.e. address or name. Before I lock the form I can eneter text in the box afetr I lock it I can't enter anything. |
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Yes ,I made the text box from the tool bar and your right it doesn't work
when I protected the form. Thank's I'll look the enclosed links Malcolm "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Did you insert the text field using the Forms toolbar? Note, a text box is a drawing layer item which does not work in protected forms. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... I'm trying to enter text into a form text box, i.e. address or name. Before I lock the form I can eneter text in the box afetr I lock it I can't enter anything. |
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Entering Text to a Form Text Box
Might it be a frame rather than a text form field? If you double click on a
form field in an unprotected form it will bring up the field properties. If it is a frame, it will not. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... Yes ,I made the text box from the tool bar and your right it doesn't work when I protected the form. Thank's I'll look the enclosed links Malcolm "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Did you insert the text field using the Forms toolbar? Note, a text box is a drawing layer item which does not work in protected forms. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... I'm trying to enter text into a form text box, i.e. address or name. Before I lock the form I can eneter text in the box afetr I lock it I can't enter anything. |
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Thanks for the response's
If I double click on the text box it takes me Visual Basic with this in a window that is titled Progress Notes no passwords - ThisDocument (code) Private Sub TextBox11_Change() End Sub I have no idea what it means. I just want to have a box the person inputting into the form can write there name and address. Any idea's? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Might it be a frame rather than a text form field? If you double click on a form field in an unprotected form it will bring up the field properties. If it is a frame, it will not. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... Yes ,I made the text box from the tool bar and your right it doesn't work when I protected the form. Thank's I'll look the enclosed links Malcolm "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Did you insert the text field using the Forms toolbar? Note, a text box is a drawing layer item which does not work in protected forms. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... I'm trying to enter text into a form text box, i.e. address or name. Before I lock the form I can eneter text in the box afetr I lock it I can't enter anything. |
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Skate: Close the Control Toolbox...just get rid of it. Delete the textbox
you inserted. Use the method described he http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "skateblade" wrote in message ... Thanks for the response's If I double click on the text box it takes me Visual Basic with this in a window that is titled Progress Notes no passwords - ThisDocument (code) Private Sub TextBox11_Change() End Sub I have no idea what it means. I just want to have a box the person inputting into the form can write there name and address. Any idea's? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Might it be a frame rather than a text form field? If you double click on a form field in an unprotected form it will bring up the field properties. If it is a frame, it will not. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... Yes ,I made the text box from the tool bar and your right it doesn't work when I protected the form. Thank's I'll look the enclosed links Malcolm "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Did you insert the text field using the Forms toolbar? Note, a text box is a drawing layer item which does not work in protected forms. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... I'm trying to enter text into a form text box, i.e. address or name. Before I lock the form I can eneter text in the box afetr I lock it I can't enter anything. |
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Tanks a lot Anne
I'll try it. Malcolm "Anne Troy" wrote: Skate: Close the Control Toolbox...just get rid of it. Delete the textbox you inserted. Use the method described he http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "skateblade" wrote in message ... Thanks for the response's If I double click on the text box it takes me Visual Basic with this in a window that is titled Progress Notes no passwords - ThisDocument (code) Private Sub TextBox11_Change() End Sub I have no idea what it means. I just want to have a box the person inputting into the form can write there name and address. Any idea's? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Might it be a frame rather than a text form field? If you double click on a form field in an unprotected form it will bring up the field properties. If it is a frame, it will not. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... Yes ,I made the text box from the tool bar and your right it doesn't work when I protected the form. Thank's I'll look the enclosed links Malcolm "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Did you insert the text field using the Forms toolbar? Note, a text box is a drawing layer item which does not work in protected forms. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... I'm trying to enter text into a form text box, i.e. address or name. Before I lock the form I can eneter text in the box afetr I lock it I can't enter anything. |
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Thank's it worked great.
But how do I keep the box format from changing when text is input. It changes the whole form by pushing the text doww the line. "Anne Troy" wrote: Skate: Close the Control Toolbox...just get rid of it. Delete the textbox you inserted. Use the method described he http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "skateblade" wrote in message ... Thanks for the response's If I double click on the text box it takes me Visual Basic with this in a window that is titled Progress Notes no passwords - ThisDocument (code) Private Sub TextBox11_Change() End Sub I have no idea what it means. I just want to have a box the person inputting into the form can write there name and address. Any idea's? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Might it be a frame rather than a text form field? If you double click on a form field in an unprotected form it will bring up the field properties. If it is a frame, it will not. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... Yes ,I made the text box from the tool bar and your right it doesn't work when I protected the form. Thank's I'll look the enclosed links Malcolm "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Did you insert the text field using the Forms toolbar? Note, a text box is a drawing layer item which does not work in protected forms. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... I'm trying to enter text into a form text box, i.e. address or name. Before I lock the form I can eneter text in the box afetr I lock it I can't enter anything. |
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Hi. If you mean that you want to field to only be permitted to take up a
certain amount of space in your document, and not allow it to change the "size" of your document, then you need to insert your form field into a table cells that is set for a row height and or column width of EXACTLY a specific measure. ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "skateblade" wrote in message ... Thank's it worked great. But how do I keep the box format from changing when text is input. It changes the whole form by pushing the text doww the line. "Anne Troy" wrote: Skate: Close the Control Toolbox...just get rid of it. Delete the textbox you inserted. Use the method described he http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "skateblade" wrote in message ... Thanks for the response's If I double click on the text box it takes me Visual Basic with this in a window that is titled Progress Notes no passwords - ThisDocument (code) Private Sub TextBox11_Change() End Sub I have no idea what it means. I just want to have a box the person inputting into the form can write there name and address. Any idea's? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Might it be a frame rather than a text form field? If you double click on a form field in an unprotected form it will bring up the field properties. If it is a frame, it will not. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... Yes ,I made the text box from the tool bar and your right it doesn't work when I protected the form. Thank's I'll look the enclosed links Malcolm "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Did you insert the text field using the Forms toolbar? Note, a text box is a drawing layer item which does not work in protected forms. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... I'm trying to enter text into a form text box, i.e. address or name. Before I lock the form I can eneter text in the box afetr I lock it I can't enter anything. |
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This is _not_ a frame. It is _not_ an ordinary text box. It is a control
entered using the controls toolbox. You do _not_ want to be using anything from that toolbox at this stage in your Word use! Use the forms toolbar and its controls. Look at the articles I referred you to earlier. They include articles on keeping your data in one place without dislocating the rest of your form. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... Thanks for the response's If I double click on the text box it takes me Visual Basic with this in a window that is titled Progress Notes no passwords - ThisDocument (code) Private Sub TextBox11_Change() End Sub I have no idea what it means. I just want to have a box the person inputting into the form can write there name and address. Any idea's? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Might it be a frame rather than a text form field? If you double click on a form field in an unprotected form it will bring up the field properties. If it is a frame, it will not. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... Yes ,I made the text box from the tool bar and your right it doesn't work when I protected the form. Thank's I'll look the enclosed links Malcolm "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Did you insert the text field using the Forms toolbar? Note, a text box is a drawing layer item which does not work in protected forms. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "skateblade" wrote in message ... I'm trying to enter text into a form text box, i.e. address or name. Before I lock the form I can eneter text in the box afetr I lock it I can't enter anything. |
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