Misc Questions about Tables - Please help

[Fill-in Form General Questions]

1. I have a table in a form that has a fill-in date field. It is formatted as
xxx ##, ####. When the user types in the date and tabs over to the next
field. The date switches to a BOLD font on its own. The "B" is off on the
formatting toolbar. It is driving me crazy. Any suggestions...

2. I have a table with 5 colums. The 5th column is a drop down field with 4
options available. I would like to be able to sort on this column after the
user moves on to the next section of the form. I would prefer if the table
does it automatically and I would not even care too much if the user can do
it. However, I do not want to unprotect the table.

3. Can I unprotect just one row in a table??

Thanks for all the help...

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[Jay Freedman]

1. I have a table in a form that has a fill-in date field. It is
formatted as xxx ##, ####. When the user types in the date and tabs
over to the next field. The date switches to a BOLD font on its own.
The "B" is off on the formatting toolbar. It is driving me crazy. Any
suggestions...

See Stefan Blom's answer to your same question in another thread.

2. I have a table with 5 colums. The 5th column is a drop down field
with 4 options available. I would like to be able to sort on this
column after the user moves on to the next section of the form. I
would prefer if the table does it automatically and I would not even
care too much if the user can do it. However, I do not want to
unprotect the table.

This would require a macro that would unprotect the document, sort it
appropriately, and reprotect the document. The user wouldn't be given any
control of the document while all this is going on.

Because you can't be sure which field the user will exit from or go to by
using the mouse, you can't rely on assigning an entry or exit macro to any
one field. You could assign it as the exit macro of every field in the
table. A somewhat more reliable method is to provide a custom toolbar button
to let the user run the macro when they want the table to be sorted.

3. Can I unprotect just one row in a table??

No. Word's form protection works at a minimum on a whole section (the part
between two section breaks). You cannot insert a section break inside a
table; if you try, it splits the table into separate tables.

Thanks for all the help...

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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