Delete a page in a protected form

[Guest]

I am completing a Word form that was created by someone else. When I added
several lines of content into one of the form fields, a page break occurred
later in the document, creating an extra page in the form that I need to get
rid of. If I unprotect the document to delete the page break, I lose
everything I have already entered when I re-protect the form. Is there any
way to delete the extra page without unprotecting the document, or is there
some other way around this?

(I tried to post this question earlier but it looks as if it dod not go
through. I apologize in advance for any repeats.)

 

[Jay Freedman]

I am completing a Word form that was created by someone else. When I
added several lines of content into one of the form fields, a page
break occurred later in the document, creating an extra page in the
form that I need to get rid of. If I unprotect the document to
delete the page break, I lose everything I have already entered when
I re-protect the form. Is there any way to delete the extra page
without unprotecting the document, or is there some other way around
this?

(I tried to post this question earlier but it looks as if it dod not
go through. I apologize in advance for any repeats.)

This is based on the instructions for reprotecting the document without
losing the field contents, at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/TurnFmFlfResetOff.htm. Since you didn't
create this form, though, you need slightly different instructions so you
won't have to create a macro in the document.

After you unprotect the form and delete the extra page break, press Alt+F11
to open the macro editor. There, press Ctrl+G to open the Immediate window
in the lower right area. Copy this line and paste it into the Immediate
window:

ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, noreset:=True

With the cursor at the end of the line, press Enter. Then you can close the
macro editor and save the form.