[MB2]

I'm trying to make a field where the field instructs them to "Add your name
here" but as they begin typing, the verbage I used will disappear and be
replaced with the information I am requesting.

Is this possible?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Probably a MacroButton field. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm (but note that
you may not be able to access this page at the moment, as the mvps.org
server appears to be down).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MB2" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to make a field where the field instructs them to "Add your
name
here" but as they begin typing, the verbage I used will disappear and be
replaced with the information I am requesting.

Is this possible?

[MB2]

If this form is for others to fill out, do they need macros enabled in order
to use? If so, is there another option to avoid potential security issues?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Probably a MacroButton field. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm (but note that
you may not be able to access this page at the moment, as the mvps.org
server appears to be down).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MB2" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to make a field where the field instructs them to "Add your
name
here" but as they begin typing, the verbage I used will disappear and be
replaced with the information I am requesting.

Is this possible?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, if you look at the article (which seems to be still unavailable although
I was told that the server problems had been dealt with), you'll see that
this type of MacroButton doesn't actually run a macro. You use something
like NoMacro (i.e., a nonexistent macro) as the name of the macro. The whole
purpose of the field is (a) to display a "prompt" (something like "Click
here and type name") and (b) to be entirely selected when you click on it.
Because of the latter behavior, the field disappears (is overwritten) when
you begin to type. I've even designed forms where the "prompt" was just a
series of underline characters (to look like a fill-in-the-blanks line).

Graham Mayor has the same information in his article at
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm, but you have to scroll past a lot of
other stuff about MacroButton fields that actually do run macros to get to
the section "Use Macrobutton field without a macro as a place marker."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MB2" wrote in message
...
If this form is for others to fill out, do they need macros enabled in
order
to use? If so, is there another option to avoid potential security
issues?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Probably a MacroButton field. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm (but note that
you may not be able to access this page at the moment, as the mvps.org
server appears to be down).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MB2" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to make a field where the field instructs them to "Add your
name
here" but as they begin typing, the verbage I used will disappear and
be
replaced with the information I am requesting.

Is this possible?

[MB2]

Thanks Susan! I've been checking every so often on that link but the server
is constantly down! Grrr...frustrating!

I've also been researching the NoMacro fields you mentioned and now it's a
matter of time to learn it. Thanks again!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Probably a MacroButton field. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm (but note that
you may not be able to access this page at the moment, as the mvps.org
server appears to be down).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MB2" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to make a field where the field instructs them to "Add your
name
here" but as they begin typing, the verbage I used will disappear and be
replaced with the information I am requesting.

Is this possible?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You should be able to access that article at the moment, though I got rather
slow response from the server.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MB2" wrote in message
...
Thanks Susan! I've been checking every so often on that link but the
server
is constantly down! Grrr...frustrating!

I've also been researching the NoMacro fields you mentioned and now it's
a
matter of time to learn it. Thanks again!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Probably a MacroButton field. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm (but note that
you may not be able to access this page at the moment, as the mvps.org
server appears to be down).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MB2" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to make a field where the field instructs them to "Add your
name
here" but as they begin typing, the verbage I used will disappear and
be
replaced with the information I am requesting.

Is this possible?