I have an electronic form which has been created in Word 2003. It is an
application for employment.

The area where the applicant needs to start completing information is on
page 3.

I would like to create a macro in the form which would run immediately on
opening a new document based on that form template which would take the
insertion point to the first field on page 3 where information needs to be
entered.

I created a form, but it doesn't seem to work when I open a document based
on the template. What am I doing wrong?

What code do you have in the macro, and is it in the form template?

If you were using formfields to get the information from the user, you would
not need a macro for this purpose.

See "Please Fill Out This Form"

Part 1: Create professional looking forms in Word
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22

Part 2: Adding Automation to your Word forms.
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=46

Part 3: Learn more VBA (macros) to automate your forms.
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=119

Part 4: Use custom dialog boxes in your Word forms
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=127

Part 5: Connect your AutoForm to a database to save input time and keep
better records!
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=136


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Becot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have an electronic form which has been created in Word 2003. It is an
> application for employment.
>
> The area where the applicant needs to start completing information is on
> page 3.
>
> I would like to create a macro in the form which would run immediately on
> opening a new document based on that form template which would take the
> insertion point to the first field on page 3 where information needs to be
> entered.
>
> I created a form, but it doesn't seem to work when I open a document based
> on the template. What am I doing wrong?
>
>

Protect your template for forms. The first place someone can type will be
your first form field. No macros required. This is what Word calls an
"online form." Check this in help. 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!
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"Becot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:76ED917C-2EE5-41EC-B65C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have an electronic form which has been created in Word 2003. It is an
> application for employment.
>
> The area where the applicant needs to start completing information is on
> page 3.
>
> I would like to create a macro in the form which would run immediately on
> opening a new document based on that form template which would take the
> insertion point to the first field on page 3 where information needs to be
> entered.
>
> I created a form, but it doesn't seem to work when I open a document based
> on the template. What am I doing wrong?
>
>