no longer tabbing between grey fields.... HELP I am gonna get fire

[Guest]

customer emailed us a WORD form that we use for each one of their jobs. The
form is 5 pages long and we only needed the first 3 pages.
For months I thought the document was password protected. But later I found
that while protected, there was no password, so I unprotected it and took the
last 2 pages off.

Before I could tab between the predefined grey fields, but now when I push
tab, instead of going to the next field, the cursor bounces somewhere else.
I am hopping it is as simple as setting a defualt somewhere. Any and all
help appreciate.

WORD 97

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The answer here is the same as to the duplicate question you posted in other
NGs: form fields don't work until the document is protected for forms.

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

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[Guest]

I made a copy and tried that and all my grey fields went blank. I had
taken the customers (1) original form and made a copy for each of our many
products. (so that the guys wouldn;t have to type in the product name or
dimensions each time, but now when all the typing I had done in the grey
field goes blank when I go and protect form.

I think you are getting me on the right road!
THANKS,
Laura (from Birmingham)

 

[Guest]

I made a copy and protected the form, but now my the data I had entered in my
grey fields disapeared.

Our customer sent us 1 form called QBS, I copied the form and made a QBS
for each of our products so that our guys don' t have to enter the product
name or dimension. All they have to do is enter the dates, etc.

But after protecting the form the data that I had entered (like our name,
product name and dimensions disappears)
thanks for getting me this far.
Laura (from Birmingham)

 

[Anne Troy]

Laura: You need a macro to reprotect each of those documents without losing
the data. Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;191028
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Guest]

Man, that looks complicated, but I will try to dive into it.
Laura

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A form should always be saved as a template. If you want some information
provided in the form to begin with, it should not be in form fields; it
should be static text (that is, you should replace the form field with plain
text). Users create a new document based on the form template and fill in
the variable fields.

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

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