Let users add tables to document with forms

[dsyropushchinsky]

Hi,

I've created a application template for our company in MS Word, it
uses tables with forms elements inside. I do not want the template
style to be changed by applicants, so it will be protected with
password. However, some info can have more than one instance (say,
previous place of work or certificates). How can I allow users to
insert one more instance of a correspondent table? Or if you can
suggest a smarter way to do it, I'd be very grateful.

p.s. if I should address vba.general, then I'm terribly sorry

 

[Stefan Blom]

You can have an unprotected section where users are allowed to insert
tables.

 

[dsyropushchinsky]

You can have an unprotected section where users are allowed to insert
tables.

Oh, that's great! Thanks!

Now I need to copy a table from protected section somehow...

 

[Guest]

If your intent is to generate another row, complete with formfields and
protected to act like a formfield section, then as far as I know, you'll need
to use VBA.

The best approach might be to use a toolbar button or a macro button in an
unprotected section to run a macro. The macro would unprotect the table
section, insert another row from a previously defined autotext entry, then
reprotect the section without reset.

But what formfields do you need to use? If you only need a drop-down list,
you could use an autotextlist field. If you need check boxes, there are
macrobutton approaches to working checkboxes.

If you used these techniques rather than formfields, you could avoid
protecting the document alltogether, and thus avoid the related problems. But
you'd also forfeit the ability to prevent applicants from adjusting your
design.

Bear