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2 Word 2007 Questions
Hi,
First question is how do I make a popup message appear when I open a word document. I want a message to appear that tells a user to save the file under a different name before editing, that way they don't overwrite the original file. Second question is how do I get my form elements to display correctly. Something happened and now instead of showing my check boxes, etc. all I see is some kind of code looking writing where the form element is supposed to be. I think I hit a wrong key combination that changed everything, but I don't remember which keys they were so I can't undo it. Thanks in advance :-) |
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You probably pressed Alt+F9, which toggles the display of field codes.
You'll need to do this with the form closed (if it's protected), then reopen the form. As for getting users to Save As, you do that by saving the form as a template (.dot or .dotx) so that a new, unnamed file will be created based on the template (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latePart1.htm). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Scientific" wrote in message news Hi, First question is how do I make a popup message appear when I open a word document. I want a message to appear that tells a user to save the file under a different name before editing, that way they don't overwrite the original file. Second question is how do I get my form elements to display correctly. Something happened and now instead of showing my check boxes, etc. all I see is some kind of code looking writing where the form element is supposed to be. I think I hit a wrong key combination that changed everything, but I don't remember which keys they were so I can't undo it. Thanks in advance :-) |
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Suzanne,
Thank you very much for your reply and solutions. Good idea about the template which relieves me of the need to write code. -S "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You probably pressed Alt+F9, which toggles the display of field codes. You'll need to do this with the form closed (if it's protected), then reopen the form. As for getting users to Save As, you do that by saving the form as a template (.dot or .dotx) so that a new, unnamed file will be created based on the template (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latePart1.htm). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Scientific" wrote in message news Hi, First question is how do I make a popup message appear when I open a word document. I want a message to appear that tells a user to save the file under a different name before editing, that way they don't overwrite the original file. Second question is how do I get my form elements to display correctly. Something happened and now instead of showing my check boxes, etc. all I see is some kind of code looking writing where the form element is supposed to be. I think I hit a wrong key combination that changed everything, but I don't remember which keys they were so I can't undo it. Thanks in advance :-) . |
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