Clearing all fields after testing my form template in Word 2007

[Guest]

Hi,

I apologize if I chose the wrong group, but there doesn't seem to be a
specific group for my question.

I have looked in Help, but cannot find the option that allows me to clear
all the form fields in a form template after I'm done testing the fields.

I could swear there was a way to do this in 2003.

I don't want to have to delete any test text manually, and possibly also
delete the field in the process.

Does anyone know where the option is now?

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

In some versions, the form fields were reset when you protected/unprotected.
It seems as if the default behavior in Word 2007 is not to reset the fields.
But you can do this manually: Unprotect the document. Then press Ctrl+A (to
select all) and press F9 to update fields.

 

[Guest]

Thanks so much, Stefan! Works great!

Tammy

In some versions, the form fields were reset when you protected/unprotected.
It seems as if the default behavior in Word 2007 is not to reset the fields.
But you can do this manually: Unprotect the document. Then press Ctrl+A (to
select all) and press F9 to update fields.

 

[Guest]

I'm glad I could help--and thank you for the feedback.

 

[ah]

Hi Stefan;

this function is great. I can reset all the fields by clicking the Ctrl A &
F9 button after I unprotect the file. All the default text and the first line
of the drop down list still stays after I did the steps above, It's really
great!

Is there a way for us to do that when the form is being protected? Please
advice.
thanks in advance

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Use a macro to re-apply the protection

ActiveDocument.Protect wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset = False

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP