Form Field Controles

[Guest]

When creating a form field in Word 2003, how does on go about ensureing that
the field is a required field and not able to be tabbed over?

Thank you

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/ValidateFFields.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

 

[Jay Freedman]

One drawback to be aware of: The macro discussed in that article will
run only when the user is _leaving_ the field. If the user clicks with
the mouse to skip from one field to another and never enters the
required field in question, the macro never gets a chance to run.

In addition to the validation on exiting a particular field, you
probably want to write macros that intercept the Save and Print
commands
(http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/InterceptSavePrint.htm) and
don't allow saving or printing unless the required field has valid
contents. If you need help with that, please post in the
microsoft.public.word.vba.general newsgroup
<http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...ult.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.vba.general>.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Try http://www.gmayor.com/formfieldmacros.htm instead. This method will flag
an error even if you avoid tabbing between fields.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>