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why can't i type in plain text control boxes?
I am building a template in Word 2007. In the content controls I have the
option of using rich text or plain text. When I choose the plain text and protect the document to filling in forms I can not type in the content control box. Yet when I use Rich text I can't tab over to the next content control box as it tabs within the control box. All I want to be able to do is type in the control box and be able to tab to the next. |
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why can't i type in plain text control boxes?
Did you by any chance set the text controls so they cannot be edited? Undo
that and you should be able to tab from text control to text control with or without protection (well, once the cursor is in one of then). Pam Fiona wrote: I am building a template in Word 2007. In the content controls I have the option of using rich text or plain text. When I choose the plain text and protect the document to filling in forms I can not type in the content control box. Yet when I use Rich text I can't tab over to the next content control box as it tabs within the control box. All I want to be able to do is type in the control box and be able to tab to the next. -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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why can't i type in plain text control boxes?
Did you by any chance set the text controls so they cannot be edited? Undo
that and you should be able to tab from text control to text control with or without protection (well, once the cursor is in one of then). Pam Fiona wrote: I am building a template in Word 2007. In the content controls I have the option of using rich text or plain text. When I choose the plain text and protect the document to filling in forms I can not type in the content control box. Yet when I use Rich text I can't tab over to the next content control box as it tabs within the control box. All I want to be able to do is type in the control box and be able to tab to the next. -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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why can't i type in plain text control boxes?
Word 2007 content controls are designed to be used with the form
unprotected. If you want to have a protected form and tab between the fields, use the legacy form fields, to which end you will find - http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Classic%20Form%20Controls.htm useful. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Fiona" wrote in message ... I am building a template in Word 2007. In the content controls I have the option of using rich text or plain text. When I choose the plain text and protect the document to filling in forms I can not type in the content control box. Yet when I use Rich text I can't tab over to the next content control box as it tabs within the control box. All I want to be able to do is type in the control box and be able to tab to the next. |
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why can't i type in plain text control boxes?
Word 2007 content controls are designed to be used with the form
unprotected. If you want to have a protected form and tab between the fields, use the legacy form fields, to which end you will find - http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Classic%20Form%20Controls.htm useful. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Fiona" wrote in message ... I am building a template in Word 2007. In the content controls I have the option of using rich text or plain text. When I choose the plain text and protect the document to filling in forms I can not type in the content control box. Yet when I use Rich text I can't tab over to the next content control box as it tabs within the control box. All I want to be able to do is type in the control box and be able to tab to the next. |
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why can't i type in plain text control boxes?
Also, if you use a Rich Text content control, there is no way to use
the tab key to exit from it. That's the point of Rich Text -- a tab character is a valid character, just as in regular body text. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:57:07 +0200, "Graham Mayor" wrote: Word 2007 content controls are designed to be used with the form unprotected. If you want to have a protected form and tab between the fields, use the legacy form fields, to which end you will find - http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Classic%20Form%20Controls.htm useful. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Fiona" wrote in message ... I am building a template in Word 2007. In the content controls I have the option of using rich text or plain text. When I choose the plain text and protect the document to filling in forms I can not type in the content control box. Yet when I use Rich text I can't tab over to the next content control box as it tabs within the control box. All I want to be able to do is type in the control box and be able to tab to the next. |
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why can't i type in plain text control boxes?
Also, if you use a Rich Text content control, there is no way to use the tab key to exit from it. That's the point of Rich Text -- a tab character is a valid character, just as in regular body text. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:57:07 +0200, "Graham Mayor" wrote: Word 2007 content controls are designed to be used with the form unprotected. If you want to have a protected form and tab between the fields, use the legacy form fields, to which end you will find - http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Classic%20Form%20Controls.htm useful. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Fiona" wrote in message ... I am building a template in Word 2007. In the content controls I have the option of using rich text or plain text. When I choose the plain text and protect the document to filling in forms I can not type in the content control box. Yet when I use Rich text I can't tab over to the next content control box as it tabs within the control box. All I want to be able to do is type in the control box and be able to tab to the next. |
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