protected form - can't edit text box in unprotected section

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Pat Moore

I need to create a protected form for a client in which
they enter discussion comments in a text box which
overflows (if they are too wordy) onto a second page using
a linked text box. There are therefore 4 sections. #1 & #3
are protected and have text form fields. #2 has the
Discussion text box and needs to be unprotected so it can
be accessed by the user. Section #4 is on a second page
and contains a text box linked to #2.

If I protect the form (sections #1&3 only), it prevents me
from accessing the text boxes. The client insists we use
linked text boxes. Is there a way around this problem??
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Explain to the client that this doesn't work and ask why just ordinary text
space (which will overflow automatically) wouldn't serve just as well.

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

Hi Pat,

Replied to the duplicate question you asked me as part of
another thread (in customization.menustoolbars, I think).
I need to create a protected form for a client in which
they enter discussion comments in a text box which
overflows (if they are too wordy) onto a second page using
a linked text box. There are therefore 4 sections. #1 & #3
are protected and have text form fields. #2 has the
Discussion text box and needs to be unprotected so it can
be accessed by the user. Section #4 is on a second page
and contains a text box linked to #2.

If I protect the form (sections #1&3 only), it prevents me
from accessing the text boxes. The client insists we use
linked text boxes. Is there a way around this problem??
Click to expand...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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