Form field won't keep Style formatting

[BT]

Hi. I have a document with a number of simple fields, and users press F11 to
move from one field to the next and fill in the relevant info. I have
formatted the entire field to be a specific style, but when a user selects
the field via the F11 key, the style is ignored - it simply types over the
field using the Normal style. This document was originally create in Word
2003 (now using 2007). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

BT

 

[Stefan Blom]

See the following KB article:

Incorrect font is applied after a style is applied to a form field in Word
2007 or in Word 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828501/en-us

 

[gr8auntieokie]

BT, you wrote "I have formatted the entire field to be a specific style," but
I'm wondering if there's a paragraph mark AFTER the field, or are you using
character styles to format the field? On occasion, I've inserted fields in a
table where I choose NOT to have a paragraph mark after the field because I
don't want the extra spacing (after the paragraph) that inserting a paragraph
mark would create in that cell, and sometimes the person filling in the field
overwrites the formatting I put in that cell. Anyway, I would suggest that
you make sure there's a paragraph mark AFTER the field and that your style is
applied to that paragraph with no other formatting riding on top of it, and
also make sure that the person filling in the field isn't pasting in text
that might over-ride the field's formatting.

Cyndie Browning
GableGotwals
Tulsa, OK

 

[Stefan Blom]

Using the F11 key suggests that this is an unprotected document with
MACROBUTTON fields? Did you make sure to select the whole paragraph
containing the field before applying a paragraph style?