How can users access textboxes in a protected document?

[Guest]

I'm trying to insert a textbox in a protected document so users can enter
information on it, but Word won't allow me to enter text in the textbox once
the document is protected. I divided the document into several sections so I
could protect or unprotect each section depending on whether I wanted users
to input information or not on a particular section (Tools>Protect
document>Filling in form). It seems that even though I have inserted the
textbox in a particular section of the document (marked as unprotected), Word
assigns it to another section.

Is there any way I can have functional textboxes in a protected document?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you used Insert | Text Box or the button on the Drawing toolbar, this is
the problem. You need to insert a Text Form Field from the Forms toolbar.

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

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[Guest]

Thanks for your comments. Actually, I need to insert a textbox. It has to be
a textbox, a text form field won't do for what I want. Do you know if there's
any way I can insert a textbox and still be able to access it when the
document is protected? Like I said, I tried inserting the textbox in an
unprotected section of the document, but it won't work.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Use a frame or table cell instead of a text box, but you'll still have to
put some kind of form field in it if you want to be able to access it when
the document is protected.

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

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[Guest]

In the end I was actually able to solve this problem. I inserted a frame
instead of a textbox, and it works. I can place a frame in an uprotected
section, protect the document and then be able to access the frame when the
document is protected.