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Text boxes in protected Doc, form fields
I have a document form where I want the first section to be protected and the
2nd section unprotected. When I protect the first section my text boxes in the second section disappear. Is there anything I can do? Another option would be to protect the whole document and use text form fields. In that case when I add the field how can I make the default field size bigger than 5 spaces, I'd like it to be a whole line? |
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The drawing layer (including text boxes) is not accessible even in
unprotected sections of protected forms. Why do you need a text box? The usual approach is to use ordinary document text. If you must have something like a text box, you could use a frame. A text form field will expand to any size you need, but you can make it visually larger by putting it in a table cell of fixed size. -- 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. "BP522" wrote in message ... I have a document form where I want the first section to be protected and the 2nd section unprotected. When I protect the first section my text boxes in the second section disappear. Is there anything I can do? Another option would be to protect the whole document and use text form fields. In that case when I add the field how can I make the default field size bigger than 5 spaces, I'd like it to be a whole line? |
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Thanks you, I rewrote the form not to use text boxes. The advantage to text
boxes was that it gives the user an indication that they are doing the right thing entering text here and they can mess up the rest of the form. If I use text form fields it seems to accomplish the same result. My only problem is at a point in the form I want to have a few blank lines for the user to enter general comments. It tried doing this useing underlined tabs or tabls but everytime the user gets to the end of the line it creates a new lineand doesn't wrap to the next line. Is there a way to do this? Thanks again. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The drawing layer (including text boxes) is not accessible even in unprotected sections of protected forms. Why do you need a text box? The usual approach is to use ordinary document text. If you must have something like a text box, you could use a frame. A text form field will expand to any size you need, but you can make it visually larger by putting it in a table cell of fixed size. -- 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. "BP522" wrote in message ... I have a document form where I want the first section to be protected and the 2nd section unprotected. When I protect the first section my text boxes in the second section disappear. Is there anything I can do? Another option would be to protect the whole document and use text form fields. In that case when I add the field how can I make the default field size bigger than 5 spaces, I'd like it to be a whole line? |
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In my view there's really not much point in having underlines in a form to
be filled out online (lines are useful primarily for forms to be filled out by hand). Instead of trying to use blank lines, just create a large enough table cell for the desired entry or, for extended freeform entries, use an unprotected section. -- 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. "BP522" wrote in message news  Thanks you, I rewrote the form not to use text boxes. The advantage to text boxes was that it gives the user an indication that they are doing the right thing entering text here and they can mess up the rest of the form. If I use text form fields it seems to accomplish the same result. My only problem is at a point in the form I want to have a few blank lines for the user to enter general comments. It tried doing this useing underlined tabs or tabls but everytime the user gets to the end of the line it creates a new lineand doesn't wrap to the next line. Is there a way to do this? Thanks again. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The drawing layer (including text boxes) is not accessible even in unprotected sections of protected forms. Why do you need a text box? The usual approach is to use ordinary document text. If you must have something like a text box, you could use a frame. A text form field will expand to any size you need, but you can make it visually larger by putting it in a table cell of fixed size. -- 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. "BP522" wrote in message ... I have a document form where I want the first section to be protected and the 2nd section unprotected. When I protect the first section my text boxes in the second section disappear. Is there anything I can do? Another option would be to protect the whole document and use text form fields. In that case when I add the field how can I make the default field size bigger than 5 spaces, I'd like it to be a whole line? |
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Some people will fill the form out on;line while otehrs will print it so I
need both. Any ideas? Thanks Again. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In my view there's really not much point in having underlines in a form to be filled out online (lines are useful primarily for forms to be filled out by hand). Instead of trying to use blank lines, just create a large enough table cell for the desired entry or, for extended freeform entries, use an unprotected section. -- 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. "BP522" wrote in message news Thanks you, I rewrote the form not to use text boxes. The advantage to text boxes was that it gives the user an indication that they are doing the right thing entering text here and they can mess up the rest of the form. If I use text form fields it seems to accomplish the same result. My only problem is at a point in the form I want to have a few blank lines for the user to enter general comments. It tried doing this useing underlined tabs or tabls but everytime the user gets to the end of the line it creates a new lineand doesn't wrap to the next line. Is there a way to do this? Thanks again. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The drawing layer (including text boxes) is not accessible even in unprotected sections of protected forms. Why do you need a text box? The usual approach is to use ordinary document text. If you must have something like a text box, you could use a frame. A text form field will expand to any size you need, but you can make it visually larger by putting it in a table cell of fixed size. -- 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. "BP522" wrote in message ... I have a document form where I want the first section to be protected and the 2nd section unprotected. When I protect the first section my text boxes in the second section disappear. Is there anything I can do? Another option would be to protect the whole document and use text form fields. In that case when I add the field how can I make the default field size bigger than 5 spaces, I'd like it to be a whole line? |
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In that case, I would suggest a large text form field (that is, a text form
field in a generous-sized table cell) with drawing lines inserted at intervals. These are very finicking to set up, but it can be done. 1. Set the line spacing of the form field to Exactly 12 or 24 pts. These settings will accommodate the use of typewriters since they are equivalent to single spacing (6 lpi) and double spacing (3 lpi). 2. Then insert drawing lines spaced 24 pts apart, which will be best for handwritten entries (and will line up with either single-spaced or double-spaced typed text). For tips on doing this, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm (once you've got the first one placed correctly, it's not too difficult to adjust the rest in relation to it; just make sure they're all anchored to, and their position defined in relation to, the text form field). -- 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. "BP522" wrote in message ... Some people will fill the form out on;line while otehrs will print it so I need both. Any ideas? Thanks Again. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In my view there's really not much point in having underlines in a form to be filled out online (lines are useful primarily for forms to be filled out by hand). Instead of trying to use blank lines, just create a large enough table cell for the desired entry or, for extended freeform entries, use an unprotected section. -- 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. "BP522" wrote in message news Thanks you, I rewrote the form not to use text boxes. The advantage to text boxes was that it gives the user an indication that they are doing the right thing entering text here and they can mess up the rest of the form. If I use text form fields it seems to accomplish the same result. My only problem is at a point in the form I want to have a few blank lines for the user to enter general comments. It tried doing this useing underlined tabs or tabls but everytime the user gets to the end of the line it creates a new lineand doesn't wrap to the next line. Is there a way to do this? Thanks again. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The drawing layer (including text boxes) is not accessible even in unprotected sections of protected forms. Why do you need a text box? The usual approach is to use ordinary document text. If you must have something like a text box, you could use a frame. A text form field will expand to any size you need, but you can make it visually larger by putting it in a table cell of fixed size. -- 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. "BP522" wrote in message ... I have a document form where I want the first section to be protected and the 2nd section unprotected. When I protect the first section my text boxes in the second section disappear. Is there anything I can do? Another option would be to protect the whole document and use text form fields. In that case when I add the field how can I make the default field size bigger than 5 spaces, I'd like it to be a whole line? |
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