locking

[Robin]

Thanks in advance for any advice; I will try to be brief.

I have a large Word 2000 document that has both protected sections
with forms, and unprotected sections with buttons that run print
macros. I want the buttons in the unprotected sections to remain
active to the user (ie the user needs to double-click a button so they
can't go in the header) but locked at the bottom of each page. I have
so far tried placing the text in locked text and graphic frames, which
does not seem to work.

Please let me know if anyone has insight.

Thanks-
Robin

 

[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi Robin,

I think your only chance would be to use a FRAME from the Forms toolbar
that you format vertically to be at the bottom of the margin or page.
Note that you'll need to anchor the frame to a paragraph you can be
fairly certain won't move off that page as the user edits/types.

If you're using macrobutton fields, the anchor could be in a protected
section. Macrobutton fields are available to be "clicked" in protected
forms.

I have a large Word 2000 document that has both protected sections
with forms, and unprotected sections with buttons that run print
macros. I want the buttons in the unprotected sections to remain
active to the user (ie the user needs to double-click a button so they
can't go in the header) but locked at the bottom of each page. I have
so far tried placing the text in locked text and graphic frames, which
does not seem to work.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jan 24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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