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Form Field Color
Here is my situation.
I have a form which contains several text form fields. I konw that you can turn the shading on and off on the forms menu. Is there anyway to change the default color of that shading without having it print out? Basically, instead of gray boxes appearing on the locked form where there are entry points, I would like yellow, light red, or whatever but I don't want that color to print out. Any help would be appreciated. |
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No, there is no way to change the default color of that shading without
having it print out. What are you trying to achieve? "mbrowett" wrote in message ... Here is my situation. I have a form which contains several text form fields. I konw that you can turn the shading on and off on the forms menu. Is there anyway to change the default color of that shading without having it print out? Basically, instead of gray boxes appearing on the locked form where there are entry points, I would like yellow, light red, or whatever but I don't want that color to print out. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Well, I was trying to achieve a form which had a shaded parts to be completed
by certain personnel only, and those are usually shaded gray. Those areas would be completed by hand after the form was printed. But when the form is originally filled out electronically, I don't want users to see "Shaded ares for completion by D.A. Office Only" and think that the form fields are shaded areas. Make sense? I tried making the other shade numerous colors and levels of transparency and pattern and nothing looks as good printed out as light gray. Oh well, perhaps people will figure it out. Unless you have another idea! Thanks for the response. "Jezebel" wrote: No, there is no way to change the default color of that shading without having it print out. What are you trying to achieve? "mbrowett" wrote in message ... Here is my situation. I have a form which contains several text form fields. I konw that you can turn the shading on and off on the forms menu. Is there anyway to change the default color of that shading without having it print out? Basically, instead of gray boxes appearing on the locked form where there are entry points, I would like yellow, light red, or whatever but I don't want that color to print out. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Design the problem out. Think creatively about the problem, think about your
users and their needs, then drink good claret until you come up with a form design that doesn't have this problem... "mbrowett" wrote in message ... Well, I was trying to achieve a form which had a shaded parts to be completed by certain personnel only, and those are usually shaded gray. Those areas would be completed by hand after the form was printed. But when the form is originally filled out electronically, I don't want users to see "Shaded ares for completion by D.A. Office Only" and think that the form fields are shaded areas. Make sense? I tried making the other shade numerous colors and levels of transparency and pattern and nothing looks as good printed out as light gray. Oh well, perhaps people will figure it out. Unless you have another idea! Thanks for the response. "Jezebel" wrote: No, there is no way to change the default color of that shading without having it print out. What are you trying to achieve? "mbrowett" wrote in message ... Here is my situation. I have a form which contains several text form fields. I konw that you can turn the shading on and off on the forms menu. Is there anyway to change the default color of that shading without having it print out? Basically, instead of gray boxes appearing on the locked form where there are entry points, I would like yellow, light red, or whatever but I don't want that color to print out. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Hi ?B?bWJyb3dldHQ=?=,
I'm not certain this helps, but... You can turn off the field shading (button on the Forms toolbar) for the form fields (and all fields), then select the fields and use a (gray) shading from Format/Borders and Shading on the fields you want to have shaded. Well, I was trying to achieve a form which had a shaded parts to be completed by certain personnel only, and those are usually shaded gray. Those areas would be completed by hand after the form was printed. But when the form is originally filled out electronically, I don't want users to see "Shaded ares for completion by D.A. Office Only" and think that the form fields are shaded areas. Make sense? I tried making the other shade numerous colors and levels of transparency and pattern and nothing looks as good printed out as light gray. Oh well, perhaps people will figure it out. Unless you have another idea! Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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