Send Word form without it being opened in Design View

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Created a form in Word with ActiveX controls (radio choice buttons and text
boxes). When I send to a user to fill out and return, they open it up in
Design view and cannot fill out form without altering. I have edit protected
the form and saved it.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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Created a form in Word with ActiveX controls (radio choice buttons and text
boxes). When I send to a user to fill out and return, they open it up in
Design view and cannot fill out form without altering. I have edit protected
the form and saved it.

The problem is that ActiveX controls have a VBA "stub" that triggers the macro
security. The recipient probably has macro security set to "High". They'd have
to go to "Medium", then choose to trust the macros in your document.

Alternately, you could digitally sign the document, and the recipient could
choose to trust the signature.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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