check boxes in Word 2000

[Guest]

I have made a document using form fields and check boxes. And I have protect
hte document. After filling some of the form fields and check boxes I started
to make some changes in the document (after unprotecting). When I protected
the document again, I lost the contents of the check boxes. I have locked the
form fields using CTRL+F11. How do I lock the check boxes?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have made a document using form fields and check boxes. And I have protect
hte document. After filling some of the form fields and check boxes I started
to make some changes in the document (after unprotecting). When I protected
the document again, I lost the contents of the check boxes. I have locked the
form fields using CTRL+F11. How do I lock the check boxes?

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/TurnFmFlfResetOff.htm.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Jay, this works fine for me. But what should I do, when I send this
document to somebody else and they need to unprotect/protect the document.

Best regards,
Marcel

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You don't ... send a document protected for forms to someone else expecting
that they will unprotect it. You can permanently unprotect sections. In Word
2002 + the padlock on the forms toolbar will not reset form fields.
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Charles Kenyon

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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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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