Problems with Protected Forms

[Guest]

I have a protected form that I have added date fields, dropdown lists and
text fields. I CANNOT format the text fields - meaning I can't spell check
AND I can't add bullets to the text. Does anyone have a solution? Any
advise would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

You need to format the form field (textbox...checkbox...dropdown)
within the master template. Then whatever is typed will have the info
you need.

Alternatively, you'd need to use a custom dialog box to capture the
user input text and then insert it into a wrapped bookmarked location
and apply the style directly to the text...yes, bypassing the use of a
form field.

You can learn more tips/tricks in my automated forms tutorials here:

Word AutoForm Articles
http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms

As for handling the spell check, see this article...
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm

Dian D. Chapman
Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP
MOS Certified, Editor/TechTrax

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On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:36:04 -0700, Julie R D <Julie R