Removing gray shading in protected forms (drop down box)

[mela]

Hello-

I am creating some contract templates for my company's sales force using
Word 2003. I am using the forms toolbar to insert checkboxes and drop down
boxes from which to select deliverable specifications. The problem is that
when a user selects an option from the drop down box, the gray shading
remains. I know the sales teams HATE the gray shading because they don't
think it looks very good when sending to customers. Is there a way to
disable the shading when an option is selected? Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can remove form field shading altogether using the corresponding button
on the Forms toolbar.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hello-

I am creating some contract templates for my company's sales force using
Word 2003. I am using the forms toolbar to insert checkboxes and drop down
boxes from which to select deliverable specifications. The problem is that
when a user selects an option from the drop down box, the gray shading
remains. I know the sales teams HATE the gray shading because they don't
think it looks very good when sending to customers. Is there a way to
disable the shading when an option is selected? Thanks.

If your form uses macros already (which I surmise from your other
question that I just answered), add this procedure:

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.View.FieldShading = wdFieldShadingNever
End Sub

If there are no macros and you don't want to use this one, then each
user will have to go into Tools > Options > View (or in Word 2007,
Office button > Word Options > Advanced) and set the Field Shading
dropdown to Never.