[Harvey]

Isn't Ctrl+F11 a default combination of keys to protect a field from being
changed by the user? this combination doesn't work for me and that's not a
Normal.dot setting issue because i useed a new Normal.dot with default
settings.
Thanks

[Jay Freedman]

Harvey wrote:
Isn't Ctrl+F11 a default combination of keys to protect a field from
being changed by the user? this combination doesn't work for me and
that's not a Normal.dot setting issue because i useed a new
Normal.dot with default settings.
Thanks

I'm not sure what you think it's supposed to do. Ctrl+F11 is the default
combination for "locking" a field, which means only that selecting the field
and pressing F9 -- which normally would update the field -- has no effect.
In no way can that be interpreted as "protect a field from being changed by
a user".

Examples where field locking can be useful include locking a DATE field so
it shows today's date even when you reopen the document tomorrow or next
week (although that's often better handled by a CREATEDATE field); or
possibly an INCLUDETEXT or INCLUDEPICTURE field where you're concerned that
the original linked file might be changed or moved.

There's nothing about a locked field that prevents it from being deleted,
overwritten, or unlocked (Ctrl+Shift+F11) and updated.

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[Harvey]

Thank you , now it's clear

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Harvey wrote:
Isn't Ctrl+F11 a default combination of keys to protect a field from
being changed by the user? this combination doesn't work for me and
that's not a Normal.dot setting issue because i useed a new
Normal.dot with default settings.
Thanks

I'm not sure what you think it's supposed to do. Ctrl+F11 is the default
combination for "locking" a field, which means only that selecting the field
and pressing F9 -- which normally would update the field -- has no effect.
In no way can that be interpreted as "protect a field from being changed by
a user".

Examples where field locking can be useful include locking a DATE field so
it shows today's date even when you reopen the document tomorrow or next
week (although that's often better handled by a CREATEDATE field); or
possibly an INCLUDETEXT or INCLUDEPICTURE field where you're concerned that
the original linked file might be changed or moved.

There's nothing about a locked field that prevents it from being deleted,
overwritten, or unlocked (Ctrl+Shift+F11) and updated.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.