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Adding a small form with locked fields to an existing doc?
I am trying to add a form with 5 checkbox items to an existing Word document.
One of them will also have a text box to add a detailed answer. However, once I create the form and lock it to protect the fields the whole page is locked. So I can't copy just that form text and paste it into another document. Is there a way to do this? |
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What version of Word are you using?
You need to allow for "filling in forms" when protecting the doc. "tehuti" wrote: I am trying to add a form with 5 checkbox items to an existing Word document. One of them will also have a text box to add a detailed answer. However, once I create the form and lock it to protect the fields the whole page is locked. So I can't copy just that form text and paste it into another document. Is there a way to do this? |
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I am using Word 2002 SP3 and using the Form toolbar. I don't see anything
that gives me the "filling in forms" option. "Hilary" wrote: What version of Word are you using? You need to allow for "filling in forms" when protecting the doc. "tehuti" wrote: I am trying to add a form with 5 checkbox items to an existing Word document. One of them will also have a text box to add a detailed answer. However, once I create the form and lock it to protect the fields the whole page is locked. So I can't copy just that form text and paste it into another document. Is there a way to do this? |
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When you click on Tools -- Protect Document, does it say Editing Restrictions?
"tehuti" wrote: I am using Word 2002 SP3 and using the Form toolbar. I don't see anything that gives me the "filling in forms" option. "Hilary" wrote: What version of Word are you using? You need to allow for "filling in forms" when protecting the doc. "tehuti" wrote: I am trying to add a form with 5 checkbox items to an existing Word document. One of them will also have a text box to add a detailed answer. However, once I create the form and lock it to protect the fields the whole page is locked. So I can't copy just that form text and paste it into another document. Is there a way to do this? |
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:32:02 -0700, tehuti
wrote: I am trying to add a form with 5 checkbox items to an existing Word document. One of them will also have a text box to add a detailed answer. However, once I create the form and lock it to protect the fields the whole page is locked. So I can't copy just that form text and paste it into another document. Is there a way to do this? Insert a continuous section break between the form part and the rest of the document. In the Protect Document dialog or task pane, click the Sections button or link, and uncheck the section that should be editable. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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The text you want people to be able to edit needs to be in separate sections
of the document (although possibly on the same page). Then you only protect the section that has your checkboxes. What you are talking about is 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. There are a number of ways to create and use clickable checkboxes in documents / templates. Some require protected or locked forms, others do not. Take a look at the Checkbox template available at http://www.addbalance.com/word/downl...#CheckboxAddIn for an exploration of these. Hope this helps, -- 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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "tehuti" wrote in message ... I am trying to add a form with 5 checkbox items to an existing Word document. One of them will also have a text box to add a detailed answer. However, once I create the form and lock it to protect the fields the whole page is locked. So I can't copy just that form text and paste it into another document. Is there a way to do this? |
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The "Sections" button is there, but grayed out. I am not sure how to make it
active. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:32:02 -0700, tehuti wrote: I am trying to add a form with 5 checkbox items to an existing Word document. One of them will also have a text box to add a detailed answer. However, once I create the form and lock it to protect the fields the whole page is locked. So I can't copy just that form text and paste it into another document. Is there a way to do this? Insert a continuous section break between the form part and the rest of the document. In the Protect Document dialog or task pane, click the Sections button or link, and uncheck the section that should be editable. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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It should be active if there are two or more sections in the document, and
if Forms is the selected protection type. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org tehuti wrote: The "Sections" button is there, but grayed out. I am not sure how to make it active. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:32:02 -0700, tehuti wrote: I am trying to add a form with 5 checkbox items to an existing Word document. One of them will also have a text box to add a detailed answer. However, once I create the form and lock it to protect the fields the whole page is locked. So I can't copy just that form text and paste it into another document. Is there a way to do this? Insert a continuous section break between the form part and the rest of the document. In the Protect Document dialog or task pane, click the Sections button or link, and uncheck the section that should be editable. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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That is exactly what I needed. Thank you.
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: The text you want people to be able to edit needs to be in separate sections of the document (although possibly on the same page). Then you only protect the section that has your checkboxes. What you are talking about is 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. There are a number of ways to create and use clickable checkboxes in documents / templates. Some require protected or locked forms, others do not. Take a look at the Checkbox template available at http://www.addbalance.com/word/downl...#CheckboxAddIn for an exploration of these. Hope this helps, -- 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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "tehuti" wrote in message ... I am trying to add a form with 5 checkbox items to an existing Word document. One of them will also have a text box to add a detailed answer. However, once I create the form and lock it to protect the fields the whole page is locked. So I can't copy just that form text and paste it into another document. Is there a way to do this? |
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Yes, that worked, thanks.
"Jay Freedman" wrote: It should be active if there are two or more sections in the document, and if Forms is the selected protection type. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org tehuti wrote: The "Sections" button is there, but grayed out. I am not sure how to make it active. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:32:02 -0700, tehuti wrote: I am trying to add a form with 5 checkbox items to an existing Word document. One of them will also have a text box to add a detailed answer. However, once I create the form and lock it to protect the fields the whole page is locked. So I can't copy just that form text and paste it into another document. Is there a way to do this? Insert a continuous section break between the form part and the rest of the document. In the Protect Document dialog or task pane, click the Sections button or link, and uncheck the section that should be editable. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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