locking & unlocking forms

[Guest]

Is there some way to prevent filled out text fields being erased when the
"lock form" button on the forms toolbar is toggled on and off ?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Is there some way to prevent filled out text fields being erased when the
"lock form" button on the forms toolbar is toggled on and off ?

Yes, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/TurnFmFlfResetOff.htm

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But note that if you use the padlock icon on the Forms toolbar in Word 2002
and 2003, the form is not reset.

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

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[Guest]

Many thanks to both of you for the explaination.

Yes, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/TurnFmFlfResetOff.htm