Macros & Forms

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I hace created a form, where all I want is for the TAB button to move the
cursor to the next field once I've filled in (or left blank) any given field.
I am very unfamiliar with macros, but the Help is telling me that I can
automate my form to do that, by cretaing a macro. Unfortunately, for
creating a macro, it simply gets you to the point of recording and tells me
to record the steps I want, without telling me HOW to record the steps.

Can anyone help me? It seems like it should be so simple and I've wasted
hours trying to do this.

Thank you so much in advance!!
 
You don't need any macros if you used the Text FormFields from the Forms
Toolbar. All you have to do is click "Tools", "Protect Document".
 
I did use the Text Form Fields, but when I try to protect document, it brings
up a column on the right side, and there are options for formatting
restrictions, editing restrictions, and "start enforcement." But I can't
select any of them, it's all gray. PLease help........thanks for your quick
response!
 
For a simple form with only one section (you don't need any unprotected
sections), don't bother with Tools | Protect Document; just use the Protect
Document (padlock) button on the Forms toolbar. If you need to protect only
specific sections, then in the Protect Document task pane you must check the
box for "Allow this type of editing in the document" and then check "Filling
in forms." You'll then be able to protect specific sections. I would have to
say I think MS has made this unnecessarily cryptic.

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

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I did finally manage to get this - I read somewhere in the tutorials, Part I,
to select the button that looks like a lock and I remembered seeing that on
the Forms toolbar. I did that, and it works beautifully. I am more than a
little ticked off that it took me hours to figure out something so simple,
but very happy that I finally got it. This discussions board is great, the
feedback is always very prompt, and it usually gets me where I need to be!
Keep up the great work and thanks.
 
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