Sheila said:
In earlier versions of Word when desiging templates the properties
had field types including calculation, also quick formatting for
different field types, all on the Forms toolbar. I'm using the
Developer ribbon to add fields (or content controls as they now seem
to be!) but the properties are very limited, is there an easy way to
work with these as I did in earlier versions? Thanks for any help
Sheila
Content controls are not fields. They do some of the same things, but not
all, and they have some tricks of their own (such as binding to data
sources).
If you're used to using form fields, they're still there. On the Developer
ribbon, in the lower right part of the same group with the content controls,
click the Legacy Controls button. That opens a gallery that includes both
the contents of the Forms toolbar and the the contents of the former Control
Toolbox (the ActiveX controls, which IMHO are best left unused).
The Protect Document button opens the same task pane as in Word 2003, where
you can choose forms protection. The lock icon from the Forms toolbar isn't
on the ribbon, but it can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar from the
Customize dialog.
The properties of the content controls that are offered through the
Properties button on the ribbon are only Microsoft's guess at the ones that
might be most frequently used. There are others that are accessible only
through VBA. These controls are very much a work in progress.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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