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Guest
How do I make a form field force the entry to be a hyperlink? I need for
teachers to add hyperlinks to the end of a form.
Word '02
teachers to add hyperlinks to the end of a form.
Word '02
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Cindy M -WordMVP-
Hi =?Utf-8?B?UmlwcGVy?=,
Create a form field to type the path for the hyperlink. Activate the
"Calculate on Exit" checkbox.
Insert a Hyperlink field, and in it put a REF field to the form field's
name.
As soon as the "Calculate on exit" fires, the hyperlink field will pick up
the form field's content and use it as the link and as the display text for
the link. The limitation is that, once the Hyperlink field has updated the
display text is cemented in. If the text in the form field is changed the
actual file link will change, but not the display text.
It might make more sense to insert a section break at the end of the
document, then unprotect this last section, so that the users can insert
hyperlinks in the normal way.
Your only other possibility is to use a macro for creating the hyperlinks.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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Well, this works, but it's not very flexible:
Create a form field to type the path for the hyperlink. Activate the
"Calculate on Exit" checkbox.
Insert a Hyperlink field, and in it put a REF field to the form field's
name.
As soon as the "Calculate on exit" fires, the hyperlink field will pick up
the form field's content and use it as the link and as the display text for
the link. The limitation is that, once the Hyperlink field has updated the
display text is cemented in. If the text in the form field is changed the
actual file link will change, but not the display text.
It might make more sense to insert a section break at the end of the
document, then unprotect this last section, so that the users can insert
hyperlinks in the normal way.
Your only other possibility is to use a macro for creating the hyperlinks.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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Guest
Thanks, I added a section break, but when I lock the form and then click in
section 2, the cursor pops to the first field in the form in section 1. Am I
missing a step? How do unprotect Section 2?
Thanks,
RIP
section 2, the cursor pops to the first field in the form in section 1. Am I
missing a step? How do unprotect Section 2?
Thanks,
RIP
C
Cindy M -WordMVP-
Hi =?Utf-8?B?UmlwcGVy?=,
the checkbox for any section you do not want protected.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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Yes, you need to do that: Tools/Protect Document; click Sections and deactivate
the checkbox for any section you do not want protected.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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