[Khartoum]

I am designing a questionnaire. I wish to lock the check boxes on the form
but leave text boxes unlocked for free text. Is that possible - did try
ctrl+F11 etc but does not seem to work
thanks John aka Khartoum

[Stefan Blom]

Unlike (some of) the other fields, form fields cannot be locked and
unlocked. To prevent users from changing the fields, enable forms
protection.

If you want users to edit text more freely than is allowed in a text form
field, add an unprotected section to your document.

For more on forms protection, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...nTheBlanks.htm, especially the
linked articles by Dian Chapman.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Khartoum" wrote in message
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I am designing a questionnaire. I wish to lock the check boxes on the form
but leave text boxes unlocked for free text. Is that possible - did try
ctrl+F11 etc but does not seem to work
thanks John aka Khartoum

[Graham Mayor]

If the check boxes are only indicators then see
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm for a method of providing
checked/unchecked boxes.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Stefan Blom wrote:
Unlike (some of) the other fields, form fields cannot be locked and
unlocked. To prevent users from changing the fields, enable forms
protection.

If you want users to edit text more freely than is allowed in a text
form field, add an unprotected section to your document.

For more on forms protection, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...nTheBlanks.htm,
especially the linked articles by Dian Chapman.


"Khartoum" wrote in message
...
I am designing a questionnaire. I wish to lock the check boxes on
the form but leave text boxes unlocked for free text. Is that
possible - did try ctrl+F11 etc but does not seem to work
thanks John aka Khartoum