Using drop-down fields in a table within a protected document

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Guest

This is a follow-up question to the one I had on the 11th.

Is there a way to protect a column in a table instead of a row in order to
get the drop-down field to work? I do not want to lock down the row, because
there is information that the users will need to fill in.

macropod said:
Hi janatello,

No, the dropdown formfield has to go into a protected Section (which can be as little as one row in a table), otherwise it won't
work.

Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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janatello said:
Please forgive me if this question is confusing; however, are there
restrictions on whether you can create a drop down field within a protected
document?

This is the situation...I am creating a document that is protected as a form
document so that only certain sections can be edited. Within that form
document, in an un-protected section, I created a table, and I want to have a
drop-down field of choices of what that cell can be populated with. Is there
a way to do this in Word
 
G

Graham Mayor

No.

Why not put text form fields in the other columns to accept the data?

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This is a follow-up question to the one I had on the 11th.

Is there a way to protect a column in a table instead of a row in
order to get the drop-down field to work? I do not want to lock down
the row, because there is information that the users will need to
fill in.

macropod said:
Hi janatello,

No, the dropdown formfield has to go into a protected Section (which
can be as little as one row in a table), otherwise it won't work.

Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
-------------------------

janatello said:
Please forgive me if this question is confusing; however, are there
restrictions on whether you can create a drop down field within a
protected document?

This is the situation...I am creating a document that is protected
as a form document so that only certain sections can be edited.
Within that form document, in an un-protected section, I created a
table, and I want to have a drop-down field of choices of what that
cell can be populated with. Is there a way to do this in Word
 

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