[jlo]

I have a template in Word with two scanned signatures. I have them in
Autocorrect and Autotext.

I want to be able to go to the field and type the person's name and it will
populate in the field.

When I protect the template Autotext doesn't work.

Thanks.

[Graham Mayor]

Autotext will not work in a form field and even if it would you can't put
graphics in a text form field.

What might work for you is an Autotext field in the body of the document -
assuming the name is inserted in form field Text1 and the calculate on exit
check box relating to that field is checked, then

{ AUTOTEXT "{ Ref Text1 }" }

will insert the autotext associated with the autotext name inserted into
Text1 or an error message if the autotext name doesn't exist or the field is
empty.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



jlo wrote:
I have a template in Word with two scanned signatures. I have them in
Autocorrect and Autotext.

I want to be able to go to the field and type the person's name and
it will populate in the field.

When I protect the template Autotext doesn't work.

Thanks.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Better still, could the AutoText field reference a dropdown form field? That
would guarantee that the signature exists. But if there is no other reason
for the template to be a protected form, an AutoTextList field could be used
instead.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Autotext will not work in a form field and even if it would you can't put
graphics in a text form field.

What might work for you is an Autotext field in the body of the document -
assuming the name is inserted in form field Text1 and the calculate on
exit check box relating to that field is checked, then

{ AUTOTEXT "{ Ref Text1 }" }

will insert the autotext associated with the autotext name inserted into
Text1 or an error message if the autotext name doesn't exist or the field
is empty.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



jlo wrote:
I have a template in Word with two scanned signatures. I have them in
Autocorrect and Autotext.

I want to be able to go to the field and type the person's name and
it will populate in the field.

When I protect the template Autotext doesn't work.

Thanks.

[Graham Mayor]

Yes you could use a dropdown field - essentially covered at
http://www.gmayor.com/SelectFile.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Better still, could the AutoText field reference a dropdown form
field? That would guarantee that the signature exists. But if there
is no other reason for the template to be a protected form, an
AutoTextList field could be used instead.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Autotext will not work in a form field and even if it would you
can't put graphics in a text form field.

What might work for you is an Autotext field in the body of the
document - assuming the name is inserted in form field Text1 and the
calculate on exit check box relating to that field is checked, then

{ AUTOTEXT "{ Ref Text1 }" }

will insert the autotext associated with the autotext name inserted
into Text1 or an error message if the autotext name doesn't exist or
the field is empty.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



jlo wrote:
I have a template in Word with two scanned signatures. I have them
in Autocorrect and Autotext.

I want to be able to go to the field and type the person's name and
it will populate in the field.

When I protect the template Autotext doesn't work.

Thanks.