Promting Text

[ssmith]

I am doing a template and only want the users to type in specific text. How
do I promt them for said text when the document opens?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I am doing a template and only want the users to type in specific text. How
do I promt them for said text when the document opens?

I'm sorry, your question is not specific enough to give you a specific answer. A
great deal depends on what you mean by "specific text". It also depends on
whether macros are enabled on the user's machine, and on how you plan to
distribute the template to users (email, network, web page, etc.).

Some possible answers include:

- a protected form: http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22

- a popup dialog (userform):
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm

- macrobutton fields:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm

- AutoTextList fields:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm

Each of these is very different from the others, and has different strengths and
drawbacks that depend on how the form will be used.