Text Box and Form Fields

[JGreg7]

In Word 2003, I created several text boxes that automatically located
themselves on a drawing canvas. I would now like to make the text boxes form
elements, however the form toolbar is grayed out whenever I try to put the
cursor in the text box.

The help file does not have a provision for this condition. Am I doing
something wrong? How do I make a text box a form field?

My overall goal is to create a template that allows people to enter text in
fixed size and location text boxes.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Delete the text boxes (and the drawing canvases) and replace them with
table cells to provide holders for the form fields. You can either use
single-cell tables that you drag into position, or make a single
larger table whose cells you size as necessary.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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