How do I protect a template?

[Guest]

I've created a template in word and only want users to be able to fill in the
macros. Is there a way to protect the rest of the form from being edited?
I've included a copy.


[Click Here to Insert Indicator Name]
SOLEC Indicator #[Click Here to Insert Indicator #]

Overall Assessment
Status: [Good, Fair, Poor, or Mixed]

Trend: [Improving, Unchanging, Deteriorating, or Undetermined]

Primary Factors Determining Status and Trend [Insert Factors Determining
Overall Status and Trend]


Lake by Lake Assessment
Lake Superior
Status: [Good, Fair, Poor, or Mixed]

Trend: [Improving, Unchanging, Deteriorating, or Undetermined]

Lake Michigan
Status: [Good, Fair, Poor, or Mixed]

Trend: [Improving, Unchanging, Deteriorating, or Undetermined]

Lake Huron
Status: [Good, Fair, Poor, or Mixed]

Trend: [Improving, Unchanging, Deteriorating, or Undetermined]

Lake Erie
Status: [Good, Fair, Poor, or Mixed]

Trend: [Improving, Unchanging, Deteriorating, or Undetermined]

Lake Ontario
Status: [Good, Fair, Poor, or Mixed]

Trend: [Improving, Unchanging, Deteriorating, or Undetermined]

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You are trying to combine MacroButton fields (not protected) with the idea
of a protected form. If you want protection, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

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

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[Charles Kenyon]

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm.

You'll end up redoing your fields to use form fields but it will do what you
want.

Alternatively, you can use macrobutton fields and have your users go from
field to field using the F11 key. This is more flexible but it is harder to
get users to not mess up the page. See
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/fields.htm#MacroButton and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm for more
about macrobutton fields.

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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