ActiveX controls in Word 2007

[Guest]

I'm unable to understand the exact functionality of ActiveX controls in the
Legacy tools in the Controls group in Word 2007.Word help is not of much
help.I would really appreciate it if someone could provide me with links to
information on ActiveX controls at the earliest.Thanks in advance!

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi

I'm unable to understand the exact functionality of ActiveX controls in the
Legacy tools in the Controls group in Word 2007.Word help is not of much
help.I would really appreciate it if someone could provide me with links to
information on ActiveX controls

ActiveX controls are actually the same controls used in VBA UserForms (and
were developed for this purpose). Back in Office 97, Excel and Word files were
enabled to accept these, the idea being they could be used instead of form
fields. In practice, they turned out to be of limited use for a number of
reasons. Among other things, they
- trigger macro security
- have display problems when the screen is scrolled
- don't always print correctly

So there isn't really a lot of information available on using ActiveX controls
in Word. What kinds of things are you interested in doing with them?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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