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macrobuttons and protected document
Hello
I am trying to create a form that has "text form field" and "check box form field". In order to use these the document must me protected. I also want to be able to paste pictures in the document while it is protected. I created a macrobutton {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo}. This macro works but when I protect the document I cannot get both the form fields and the macro to work while protecting all the other text. Can someone please help, Thanks, saland1 |
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Have you put your MacroButton fields in an unprotected section of the
document? -- 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. "saland1" wrote in message news  Hello I am trying to create a form that has "text form field" and "check box form field". In order to use these the document must me protected. I also want to be able to paste pictures in the document while it is protected. I created a macrobutton {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo}. This macro works but when I protect the document I cannot get both the form fields and the macro to work while protecting all the other text. Can someone please help, Thanks, saland1 |
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No, I do not know how to do that.
Thanks for the reply. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you put your MacroButton fields in an unprotected section of the document? -- 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. "saland1" wrote in message news Hello I am trying to create a form that has "text form field" and "check box form field". In order to use these the document must me protected. I also want to be able to paste pictures in the document while it is protected. I created a macrobutton {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo}. This macro works but when I protect the document I cannot get both the form fields and the macro to work while protecting all the other text. Can someone please help, Thanks, saland1 |
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Actually, that isn't necessary. Macrobutton fields will work in the
protected text of a form. But normally you have to double-click the macrobutton to make it run the macro. To change that, see "Double-click or single-click" in http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sun, 22 May 2005 16:11:02 -0700, "saland1" wrote: No, I do not know how to do that. Thanks for the reply. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you put your MacroButton fields in an unprotected section of the document? -- 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. "saland1" wrote in message news Hello I am trying to create a form that has "text form field" and "check box form field". In order to use these the document must me protected. I also want to be able to paste pictures in the document while it is protected. I created a macrobutton {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo}. This macro works but when I protect the document I cannot get both the form fields and the macro to work while protecting all the other text. Can someone please help, Thanks, saland1 |
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When I prtoctect the form I cannot get {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo} to
work. Is there any thing else that needs to be added to this so it will work with the document protected? Thanks for the reply. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Actually, that isn't necessary. Macrobutton fields will work in the protected text of a form. But normally you have to double-click the macrobutton to make it run the macro. To change that, see "Double-click or single-click" in http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sun, 22 May 2005 16:11:02 -0700, "saland1" wrote: No, I do not know how to do that. Thanks for the reply. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you put your MacroButton fields in an unprotected section of the document? -- 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. "saland1" wrote in message news
HelloI am trying to create a form that has "text form field" and "check box form field". In order to use these the document must me protected. I also want to be able to paste pictures in the document while it is protected. I created a macrobutton {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo}. This macro works but when I protect the document I cannot get both the form fields and the macro to work while protecting all the other text. Can someone please help, Thanks, saland1 |
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The EditPaste command is not going to work in the protected portion of a
document. You will need a macro that: 1) Unprotects the document. 2) Finds the loction for pasting. 3) Pastes your photo. 4) Reprotects the document without resetting form fields, and 5) Moves the selection point to the next logical form field. I suspect you would want something to first check on whether what is being pasted is a photo, as well. -- 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "saland1" wrote in message ... When I prtoctect the form I cannot get {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo} to work. Is there any thing else that needs to be added to this so it will work with the document protected? Thanks for the reply. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Actually, that isn't necessary. Macrobutton fields will work in the protected text of a form. But normally you have to double-click the macrobutton to make it run the macro. To change that, see "Double-click or single-click" in http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sun, 22 May 2005 16:11:02 -0700, "saland1" wrote: No, I do not know how to do that. Thanks for the reply. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you put your MacroButton fields in an unprotected section of the document? -- 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. "saland1" wrote in message news
HelloI am trying to create a form that has "text form field" and "check box form field". In order to use these the document must me protected. I also want to be able to paste pictures in the document while it is protected. I created a macrobutton {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo}. This macro works but when I protect the document I cannot get both the form fields and the macro to work while protecting all the other text. Can someone please help, Thanks, saland1 |
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Hi saland1,
My apologies -- I completely overlooked the content of the macrobutton field and the intention to insert a picture. I have a demo template that shows how to do what you're trying to do, and Charles is exactly right about the macro and what it needs to do. You can download the template from http://jay-freedman.info/form_picture.zip. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Charles Kenyon wrote: The EditPaste command is not going to work in the protected portion of a document. You will need a macro that: 1) Unprotects the document. 2) Finds the loction for pasting. 3) Pastes your photo. 4) Reprotects the document without resetting form fields, and 5) Moves the selection point to the next logical form field. I suspect you would want something to first check on whether what is being pasted is a photo, as well. "saland1" wrote in message ... When I prtoctect the form I cannot get {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo} to work. Is there any thing else that needs to be added to this so it will work with the document protected? Thanks for the reply. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Actually, that isn't necessary. Macrobutton fields will work in the protected text of a form. But normally you have to double-click the macrobutton to make it run the macro. To change that, see "Double-click or single-click" in http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sun, 22 May 2005 16:11:02 -0700, "saland1" wrote: No, I do not know how to do that. Thanks for the reply. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you put your MacroButton fields in an unprotected section of the document? -- 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. "saland1" wrote in message news
HelloI am trying to create a form that has "text form field" and "check box form field". In order to use these the document must me protected. I also want to be able to paste pictures in the document while it is protected. I created a macrobutton {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo}. This macro works but when I protect the document I cannot get both the form fields and the macro to work while protecting all the other text. Can someone please help, Thanks, saland1 |
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Thanks for the information. I am wanting to paste a part of a pic into a form (Home Inspection Form), not wanting to insert the whole pic, but just a part of it that shows the problem I am talking about in the form. I would like to have a small dot or something on the form that when I click on it it would paste a part of the pic that I have copied from paint. Not sure if it can be done, as you can tell I know very little about macros and scripts. Thanks for your time, Saland1 "Jay Freedman" wrote: Hi saland1, My apologies -- I completely overlooked the content of the macrobutton field and the intention to insert a picture. I have a demo template that shows how to do what you're trying to do, and Charles is exactly right about the macro and what it needs to do. You can download the template from http://jay-freedman.info/form_picture.zip. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Charles Kenyon wrote: The EditPaste command is not going to work in the protected portion of a document. You will need a macro that: 1) Unprotects the document. 2) Finds the loction for pasting. 3) Pastes your photo. 4) Reprotects the document without resetting form fields, and 5) Moves the selection point to the next logical form field. I suspect you would want something to first check on whether what is being pasted is a photo, as well. "saland1" wrote in message ... When I prtoctect the form I cannot get {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo} to work. Is there any thing else that needs to be added to this so it will work with the document protected? Thanks for the reply. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Actually, that isn't necessary. Macrobutton fields will work in the protected text of a form. But normally you have to double-click the macrobutton to make it run the macro. To change that, see "Double-click or single-click" in http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sun, 22 May 2005 16:11:02 -0700, "saland1" wrote: No, I do not know how to do that. Thanks for the reply. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you put your MacroButton fields in an unprotected section of the document? -- 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. "saland1" wrote in message news
HelloI am trying to create a form that has "text form field" and "check box form field". In order to use these the document must me protected. I also want to be able to paste pictures in the document while it is protected. I created a macrobutton {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo}. This macro works but when I protect the document I cannot get both the form fields and the macro to work while protecting all the other text. Can someone please help, Thanks, saland1 |
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In the demo template, if you want to, you can replace the text "Click
here to insert photo" with a single character, such as a dot or square block from the Insert Symbol dialog (select the Wingdings font). Pasting just part of a picture is beyond what can be done here. If you weren't working in a protected document, you could use Word's crop tool on the Picture toolbar to select the piece you want, but I wouldn't want to try to work that into a macro. Instead, do the cropping in Paint and save the part you want as a separate file. Then use the form in Word to bring in the already cropped picture. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Mon, 23 May 2005 17:35:01 -0700, "saland1" wrote: Thanks for the information. I am wanting to paste a part of a pic into a form (Home Inspection Form), not wanting to insert the whole pic, but just a part of it that shows the problem I am talking about in the form. I would like to have a small dot or something on the form that when I click on it it would paste a part of the pic that I have copied from paint. Not sure if it can be done, as you can tell I know very little about macros and scripts. Thanks for your time, Saland1 "Jay Freedman" wrote: Hi saland1, My apologies -- I completely overlooked the content of the macrobutton field and the intention to insert a picture. I have a demo template that shows how to do what you're trying to do, and Charles is exactly right about the macro and what it needs to do. You can download the template from http://jay-freedman.info/form_picture.zip. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Charles Kenyon wrote: The EditPaste command is not going to work in the protected portion of a document. You will need a macro that: 1) Unprotects the document. 2) Finds the loction for pasting. 3) Pastes your photo. 4) Reprotects the document without resetting form fields, and 5) Moves the selection point to the next logical form field. I suspect you would want something to first check on whether what is being pasted is a photo, as well. "saland1" wrote in message ... When I prtoctect the form I cannot get {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo} to work. Is there any thing else that needs to be added to this so it will work with the document protected? Thanks for the reply. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Actually, that isn't necessary. Macrobutton fields will work in the protected text of a form. But normally you have to double-click the macrobutton to make it run the macro. To change that, see "Double-click or single-click" in http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sun, 22 May 2005 16:11:02 -0700, "saland1" wrote: No, I do not know how to do that. Thanks for the reply. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you put your MacroButton fields in an unprotected section of the document? -- 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. "saland1" wrote in message news
HelloI am trying to create a form that has "text form field" and "check box form field". In order to use these the document must me protected. I also want to be able to paste pictures in the document while it is protected. I created a macrobutton {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo}. This macro works but when I protect the document I cannot get both the form fields and the macro to work while protecting all the other text. Can someone please help, Thanks, saland1 |
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Thanks for the info, could I unprotect a certain are on the form to allow
EditPaste to work while rest of the form it protected? Thanks, saland1 "Jay Freedman" wrote: In the demo template, if you want to, you can replace the text "Click here to insert photo" with a single character, such as a dot or square block from the Insert Symbol dialog (select the Wingdings font). Pasting just part of a picture is beyond what can be done here. If you weren't working in a protected document, you could use Word's crop tool on the Picture toolbar to select the piece you want, but I wouldn't want to try to work that into a macro. Instead, do the cropping in Paint and save the part you want as a separate file. Then use the form in Word to bring in the already cropped picture. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Mon, 23 May 2005 17:35:01 -0700, "saland1" wrote: Thanks for the information. I am wanting to paste a part of a pic into a form (Home Inspection Form), not wanting to insert the whole pic, but just a part of it that shows the problem I am talking about in the form. I would like to have a small dot or something on the form that when I click on it it would paste a part of the pic that I have copied from paint. Not sure if it can be done, as you can tell I know very little about macros and scripts. Thanks for your time, Saland1 "Jay Freedman" wrote: Hi saland1, My apologies -- I completely overlooked the content of the macrobutton field and the intention to insert a picture. I have a demo template that shows how to do what you're trying to do, and Charles is exactly right about the macro and what it needs to do. You can download the template from http://jay-freedman.info/form_picture.zip. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Charles Kenyon wrote: The EditPaste command is not going to work in the protected portion of a document. You will need a macro that: 1) Unprotects the document. 2) Finds the loction for pasting. 3) Pastes your photo. 4) Reprotects the document without resetting form fields, and 5) Moves the selection point to the next logical form field. I suspect you would want something to first check on whether what is being pasted is a photo, as well. "saland1" wrote in message ... When I prtoctect the form I cannot get {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo} to work. Is there any thing else that needs to be added to this so it will work with the document protected? Thanks for the reply. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Actually, that isn't necessary. Macrobutton fields will work in the protected text of a form. But normally you have to double-click the macrobutton to make it run the macro. To change that, see "Double-click or single-click" in http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sun, 22 May 2005 16:11:02 -0700, "saland1" wrote: No, I do not know how to do that. Thanks for the reply. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you put your MacroButton fields in an unprotected section of the document? -- 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. "saland1" wrote in message news
HelloI am trying to create a form that has "text form field" and "check box form field". In order to use these the document must me protected. I also want to be able to paste pictures in the document while it is protected. I created a macrobutton {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo}. This macro works but when I protect the document I cannot get both the form fields and the macro to work while protecting all the other text. Can someone please help, Thanks, saland1 |
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Yes, you can do that, but you may not like some of the side-effects.
To do it, put the cursor at the beginning of the part you want to leave unprotected, go to Insert Break, and select a continuous section break. Then move the cursor to the beginning of the next part that should be protected, and insert another continuous section break. (If the unprotected part is at the end of the document, you don't need the second break.) Now go to Tools Protect Document, select Forms protection, and click the Sections button. (In Word 2002/2003, this is on a task pane, and the Sections thing is a link instead of a button.) Uncheck the section that should stay unprotected. The side-effects: - The unprotected section goes all the way across the page. You can't have protected and unprotected areas side by side. - Section breaks can't be inserted in the middle of a table or inside text boxes. - When you tab out of the last form field in the preceding protected section, the cursor lands at the beginning of the unprotected section. If you have another protected section after that, you can't tab into its first form field -- you have to use the mouse. - Some things don't work in a protected document, even in an unprotected section. You'll find a number of menu items are grayed out. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org saland1 wrote: Thanks for the info, could I unprotect a certain are on the form to allow EditPaste to work while rest of the form it protected? Thanks, saland1 "Jay Freedman" wrote: In the demo template, if you want to, you can replace the text "Click here to insert photo" with a single character, such as a dot or square block from the Insert Symbol dialog (select the Wingdings font). Pasting just part of a picture is beyond what can be done here. If you weren't working in a protected document, you could use Word's crop tool on the Picture toolbar to select the piece you want, but I wouldn't want to try to work that into a macro. Instead, do the cropping in Paint and save the part you want as a separate file. Then use the form in Word to bring in the already cropped picture. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Mon, 23 May 2005 17:35:01 -0700, "saland1" wrote: Thanks for the information. I am wanting to paste a part of a pic into a form (Home Inspection Form), not wanting to insert the whole pic, but just a part of it that shows the problem I am talking about in the form. I would like to have a small dot or something on the form that when I click on it it would paste a part of the pic that I have copied from paint. Not sure if it can be done, as you can tell I know very little about macros and scripts. Thanks for your time, Saland1 "Jay Freedman" wrote: Hi saland1, My apologies -- I completely overlooked the content of the macrobutton field and the intention to insert a picture. I have a demo template that shows how to do what you're trying to do, and Charles is exactly right about the macro and what it needs to do. You can download the template from http://jay-freedman.info/form_picture.zip. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Charles Kenyon wrote: The EditPaste command is not going to work in the protected portion of a document. You will need a macro that: 1) Unprotects the document. 2) Finds the loction for pasting. 3) Pastes your photo. 4) Reprotects the document without resetting form fields, and 5) Moves the selection point to the next logical form field. I suspect you would want something to first check on whether what is being pasted is a photo, as well. "saland1" wrote in message ... When I prtoctect the form I cannot get {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo} to work. Is there any thing else that needs to be added to this so it will work with the document protected? Thanks for the reply. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Actually, that isn't necessary. Macrobutton fields will work in the protected text of a form. But normally you have to double-click the macrobutton to make it run the macro. To change that, see "Double-click or single-click" in http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sun, 22 May 2005 16:11:02 -0700, "saland1" wrote: No, I do not know how to do that. Thanks for the reply. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you put your MacroButton fields in an unprotected section of the document? -- 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. "saland1" wrote in message news
HelloI am trying to create a form that has "text form field" and "check box form field". In order to use these the document must me protected. I also want to be able to paste pictures in the document while it is protected. I created a macrobutton {MACROBUTTON EditPaste Add Photo}. This macro works but when I protect the document I cannot get both the form fields and the macro to work while protecting all the other text. Can someone please help, Thanks, saland1 |
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