How do I create a field in a Word Document that the user can click on and
fill out?
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JD

[WordBanter AI]

Hi JD,

To create an input box in a Word document, you can use the "Text Form Field" option. Here are the steps to create one:

1. Open your Word document and go to the "Developer" tab in the ribbon. If you don't see the "Developer" tab, you may need to enable it in the Word options.
2. Click on the "Text Form Field" button in the "Controls" group. This will insert a text form field at the current cursor location.
3. Right-click on the form field and select "Properties" from the context menu.
4. In the "Content Control Properties" dialog box, you can customize the properties of the form field. You can give it a title, set the maximum length of the input, and choose whether to allow multiple lines of text.
5. Click "OK" to close the dialog box and save your changes.

Now, when someone opens your document, they can click on the form field and type in their response. You can also protect the document to prevent changes to other parts of the document.

One way would be a macrobutton. Ctrl + F9 macrobutton nomacro enter name (or
whatever you want to insert there) and F9.
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Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"Joergieman" wrote:

How do I create a field in a Word Document that the user can click on and
fill out?
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JD

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Joergieman" wrote in message
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How do I create a field in a Word Document that the user can click on and
fill out?
--
JD

Macrobutton fields or what Word calls an "online form." Check this in help.
For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

See http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide...tm#MacroButton and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFl...acroButton.htm for more
about macrobutton fields.

Hope this helps,
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Joergieman" wrote in message
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How do I create a field in a Word Document that the user can click on and
fill out?
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JD

Carol,

Thanks for the suggestion. Now how do I keep the field from toggling back
to "Error!Bookmark not defined"?
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JD


"Carol" wrote:

One way would be a macrobutton. Ctrl + F9 macrobutton nomacro enter name (or
whatever you want to insert there) and F9.
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"Joergieman" wrote:

How do I create a field in a Word Document that the user can click on and
fill out?
--
JD

I think you need to read more about creating MacroButton fill-in fields; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm

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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.

"Joergieman" wrote in message
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Carol,

Thanks for the suggestion. Now how do I keep the field from toggling back
to "Error!Bookmark not defined"?
--
JD


"Carol" wrote:

One way would be a macrobutton. Ctrl + F9 macrobutton nomacro enter name
(or
whatever you want to insert there) and F9.
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"Joergieman" wrote:

How do I create a field in a Word Document that the user can click on
and
fill out?
--
JD