[Karen G[_2_]]

We just recently switched to 2007 and I'm still struggling. Anyhow, I just
created a table in Word and am ready to set it up for use. I have checked
the box for editing restrictions to allow for "filling in forms". When I go
to start enforcement it is grayed out and won't let me click on it. But yet
if I go to a brand new document and start a dummy table just to see if I get
the same thing it isn't grayed out. Any suggestions?

[Jay Freedman]

If you don't have the Developer tab displayed yet, first go to Office button
Word Options and turn on that option.

On the Developer tab, if the Design Mode button is active (orange), click it
to turn it off.

If that works, the next question is why it was turned on. Have you inserted
any items from the ActiveX area of the Legacy Tools button's dropdown? Or
put any macros into the document?

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Karen G wrote:
We just recently switched to 2007 and I'm still struggling. Anyhow,
I just created a table in Word and am ready to set it up for use. I
have checked the box for editing restrictions to allow for "filling
in forms". When I go to start enforcement it is grayed out and won't
let me click on it. But yet if I go to a brand new document and
start a dummy table just to see if I get the same thing it isn't
grayed out. Any suggestions?

[Karen G[_2_]]

Yes, that worked. In response to your question, yes I had inserted text
boxes but didn't like how they acted so I ended up removing them and going
back to the legacy text box.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

If you don't have the Developer tab displayed yet, first go to Office button
Word Options and turn on that option.

On the Developer tab, if the Design Mode button is active (orange), click it
to turn it off.

If that works, the next question is why it was turned on. Have you inserted
any items from the ActiveX area of the Legacy Tools button's dropdown? Or
put any macros into the document?

--
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.

Karen G wrote:
We just recently switched to 2007 and I'm still struggling. Anyhow,
I just created a table in Word and am ready to set it up for use. I
have checked the box for editing restrictions to allow for "filling
in forms". When I go to start enforcement it is grayed out and won't
let me click on it. But yet if I go to a brand new document and
start a dummy table just to see if I get the same thing it isn't
grayed out. Any suggestions?