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My previous form entries disappear after changes and protecting
When I try to make changes after unprotecting a form and reprotecting it, all
the previous entries disappear. What can I do to keep this from happening. I am using Word 2000. |
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My previous form entries disappear after changes and protecting
This behavior is by design. Are you using a template for your form so that
each person who fills it out creates a new document? -- 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. "T.Babcock" wrote in message ... When I try to make changes after unprotecting a form and reprotecting it, all the previous entries disappear. What can I do to keep this from happening. I am using Word 2000. |
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My previous form entries disappear after changes and protectin
Yes, I'm creating forms with fill-in fields.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This behavior is by design. Are you using a template for your form so that each person who fills it out creates a new document? -- 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. "T.Babcock" wrote in message ... When I try to make changes after unprotecting a form and reprotecting it, all the previous entries disappear. What can I do to keep this from happening. I am using Word 2000. |
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My previous form entries disappear after changes and protecting
Hi,
What Suzanne was asking is are you using a template from which users create new documents (rather than opening an existing document and reusing it). The only way to keep the fields from resetting in versions of Word before 2002 (:XP) is with a macro. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...lfResetOff.htm What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." 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. 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "T.Babcock" wrote in message ... When I try to make changes after unprotecting a form and reprotecting it, all the previous entries disappear. What can I do to keep this from happening. I am using Word 2000. |
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My previous form entries disappear after changes and protectin
That's not what I asked. Are you saving your form as a template (.dot file)
so that each person creates a new .doc file based on it. -- 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. "T.Babcock" wrote in message news  Yes, I'm creating forms with fill-in fields. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This behavior is by design. Are you using a template for your form so that each person who fills it out creates a new document? -- 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. "T.Babcock" wrote in message ... When I try to make changes after unprotecting a form and reprotecting it, all the previous entries disappear. What can I do to keep this from happening. I am using Word 2000. |
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My previous form entries disappear after changes and protecting
Use the following code in a macro to reprotect the form
ActiveDocument.Protect wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "T.Babcock" wrote in message ... When I try to make changes after unprotecting a form and reprotecting it, all the previous entries disappear. What can I do to keep this from happening. I am using Word 2000. |
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