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move from one unprotected field to another
I have created a document in word, protected the entire document and then
allowed for numerous "spaces" to be edited by other users. My goal is for persons to be able to open the document, the cursor start on the first field they can edit, they would input whatever information for that field, then hit "Tab" (or any other key really, but nothing involving taking their hands off the keyboard) and then the cursor moves to the next field that not protected. I also want the field "sizes" to be locked. The unprotected field would be large enough to allow for whatever information for that field. |
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The behaviour you describe is precisely what form fields do for you.
"iuwonny" wrote in message ... I have created a document in word, protected the entire document and then allowed for numerous "spaces" to be edited by other users. My goal is for persons to be able to open the document, the cursor start on the first field they can edit, they would input whatever information for that field, then hit "Tab" (or any other key really, but nothing involving taking their hands off the keyboard) and then the cursor moves to the next field that not protected. I also want the field "sizes" to be locked. The unprotected field would be large enough to allow for whatever information for that field. |
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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. You'll find that you can use text formfields to hold information to be typed by the user. These do have a size limit. Yo can also leave entire sections unprotected. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "iuwonny" wrote in message ... I have created a document in word, protected the entire document and then allowed for numerous "spaces" to be edited by other users. My goal is for persons to be able to open the document, the cursor start on the first field they can edit, they would input whatever information for that field, then hit "Tab" (or any other key really, but nothing involving taking their hands off the keyboard) and then the cursor moves to the next field that not protected. I also want the field "sizes" to be locked. The unprotected field would be large enough to allow for whatever information for that field. |
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