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I have a bit of a delima that I can no seem to figure out. Currently I
have a word document that is being used basicly as a form. Because of
this there are defined editable regions, the document is layout using
tables and only certian cells will be an editable region.

Now when I hit the tab button while the document is locked (editable
regions enabled only) it tabs from table cell to table cell. I have
been tasked with finding a to make the document only cycle (when using
the tab key) to cycle from editable region to editable region, so that
the end user does not have to tab from table cell to table cell like it
currently does.

Does this exist, is it possible? If anyone can offer some insight that
would be geat

Thanks.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You don't say what version of Word you're using, but if it's Word 2003 or
earlier and you have created the document using form fields and protected it
as a form, you will get the behavior you want. See the forms tutorials by
Dian Chapman linked from
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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I have a bit of a delima that I can no seem to figure out. Currently I
have a word document that is being used basicly as a form. Because of
this there are defined editable regions, the document is layout using
tables and only certian cells will be an editable region.

Now when I hit the tab button while the document is locked (editable
regions enabled only) it tabs from table cell to table cell. I have
been tasked with finding a to make the document only cycle (when using
the tab key) to cycle from editable region to editable region, so that
the end user does not have to tab from table cell to table cell like it
currently does.

Does this exist, is it possible? If anyone can offer some insight that
would be geat

Thanks.