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Forms with fields do not retain information
I regularly receive forms from work with automatic fields in them. These
fields are text fields that contain info about my next tasks. When I receive them by e-mail I save them to the C:\ drive and then open Word (2003) to view the forms. I can see the text inside the fields (they are grey), but for some forms when I click on the printer and the printer receive the request, all or most of the text disappears from the screen and does not print. Only the text outside the fields print. Any comments on this behaviour, has anyone else experienced this? The sender uses Word 2002. We both use Outlook. Thank you for your time, Gilles |
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Forms with fields do not retain information
Hi Gilles,
My best guess would be that the sender has not protected these documents as a form when sending then. And on your machine Tools/Options/Print/Update fields is activated. So the fields are resetting to the default when you print. The person sending the documents probably has some reason he's unprotected the document after filling out the form. Ask him to click the "padlock" button in forms toolbar before sending you the document and see if that makes a difference. Note that he should also be mailing it to you as an attachment (I assume this is already the case, but one never knows...) I regularly receive forms from work with automatic fields in them. These fields are text fields that contain info about my next tasks. When I receive them by e-mail I save them to the C:\ drive and then open Word (2003) to view the forms. I can see the text inside the fields (they are grey), but for some forms when I click on the printer and the printer receive the request, all or most of the text disappears from the screen and does not print. Only the text outside the fields print. Any comments on this behaviour, has anyone else experienced this? The sender uses Word 2002. We both use Outlook. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Forms with fields do not retain information
Hi Cindy,
You were right on both assumptions! My "update field" check mark was on. AND If I lock the form before printing it prints correctly. Thank you for your input. Saved a lot of time. Gilles P.S. I visited Switzerland in 1986. Beautiful country. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b6a3.0079ac50@speedy... Hi Gilles, My best guess would be that the sender has not protected these documents as a form when sending then. And on your machine Tools/Options/Print/Update fields is activated. So the fields are resetting to the default when you print. The person sending the documents probably has some reason he's unprotected the document after filling out the form. Ask him to click the "padlock" button in forms toolbar before sending you the document and see if that makes a difference. Note that he should also be mailing it to you as an attachment (I assume this is already the case, but one never knows...) I regularly receive forms from work with automatic fields in them. These fields are text fields that contain info about my next tasks. When I receive them by e-mail I save them to the C:\ drive and then open Word (2003) to view the forms. I can see the text inside the fields (they are grey), but for some forms when I click on the printer and the printer receive the request, all or most of the text disappears from the screen and does not print. Only the text outside the fields print. Any comments on this behaviour, has anyone else experienced this? The sender uses Word 2002. We both use Outlook. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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