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From: 1abc on 4 Jun 2010 11:47 Hi all, My quesdtion is very simple. I'd like to create and use forms in Word 2007 in the same way I used them in Word 2003. Let's have a look to my problem. I need to create, example, a table with 3 columns (example): ================================================== |Name| |Address| |phone number| ================================================== Now I wish to place text fields in each row. [Text field] [Text field] [Text field] My question: When I open this form and want to fill it in, is there a way similar to Word 2003 where I used to click on the icon with the padlock and the coursor whent automatically to the very first text field to be filled, in order to fill the first field and to skip to the next one(s) using the Tab key?
From: Jay Freedman on 4 Jun 2010 13:18 The lock icon is still available, but harder to find. Go to Office button > Word Options > Customize. Set the command category dropdown to All Commands. Scroll down and click on the Lock command in the list. Click the Add button in the middle of the dialog, and then click OK. This adds the lock button to the Quick Access Toolbar, and you can use the form exactly as in Word 2003. Instead of opening a "document" and locking it, save an empty locked form as a template. Then use the New command (on the Office button menu) to make new form documents based on the template, and they'll open with the form already locked. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. 1abc wrote: > Hi all, > My quesdtion is very simple. I'd like to create and use forms in Word > 2007 in the same way I used them in Word 2003. > Let's have a look to my problem. I need to create, example, a table > with 3 columns (example): > ================================================== > |Name| |Address| >> phone number| > ================================================== > Now I wish to place text fields in each row. > > [Text field] [Text field] > [Text field] > > My question: > > When I open this form and want to fill it in, is there a way similar > to Word 2003 where I used to click on the icon with the padlock and > the coursor whent automatically to the very first text field to be > filled, in order to fill the first field and to skip to the next > one(s) using the Tab key?
From: Stefan Blom on 4 Jun 2010 13:28 First, display the Developer tab: Click the Office button, and then click Word Options. In the Popular category, select "Show Developer tab in the Ribbon." Click OK. On the Developer tab, click the Legacy Tools button (in the Controls group) to insert the form fields of previous versions. To enforce the protection, click the Protect Document button (in the Protect group). Note that you can add the Lock command to the Quick Access Toolbar (via Office button | Word Options | Customize); that way, you can turn protection on/off a bit quicker. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "1abc" <1abc(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9664C5FC-8DF4-42F0-A5C7-68359A3063CE(a)microsoft.com... > Hi all, > My quesdtion is very simple. I'd like to create and use forms in Word 2007 > in the same way I used them in Word 2003. > Let's have a look to my problem. I need to create, example, a table with 3 > columns (example): > ================================================== > |Name| |Address| > |phone number| > ================================================== > Now I wish to place text fields in each row. > > [Text field] [Text field] > [Text field] > > My question: > > When I open this form and want to fill it in, is there a way similar to Word > 2003 where I used to click on the icon with the padlock and the coursor whent > automatically to the very first text field to be filled, in order to fill the > first field and to skip to the next one(s) using the Tab key?
From: 1abc on 4 Jun 2010 14:57 Hi Jay and Stefan, So far I managed to find the "Protect document" button in the Developper's Ribbon. As I use a Dutch interface it's a bit difficult to sort this out. Given the importance of this issue for me and due to the fact that I have to use both Word 2003 and 2007 in my PC in order to be able to use a huge amount of forms created in 2003 as I can't find the way to use them in 2007, I'd really appreciate if you could contact me on private. Maybe we could reach an aggreement on how to get a kind of wizzard with screenshots in order to solve this important problem for me. The final result I'd like to reach in Word 2007 would be to start a new document>click on dhe lock button>go to the first text field, insert the necessary data and then skip to the next/other fields using the Tab button. Thank you in advance. "Stefan Blom" wrote: > First, display the Developer tab: Click the Office button, and then click Word > Options. In the Popular category, select "Show Developer tab in the Ribbon." > Click OK. > > On the Developer tab, click the Legacy Tools button (in the Controls group) to > insert the form fields of previous versions. To enforce the protection, click > the Protect Document button (in the Protect group). > > Note that you can add the Lock command to the Quick Access Toolbar (via Office > button | Word Options | Customize); that way, you can turn protection on/off a > bit quicker. > > -- > Stefan Blom > Microsoft Word MVP > (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) > > > > "1abc" <1abc(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:9664C5FC-8DF4-42F0-A5C7-68359A3063CE(a)microsoft.com... > > Hi all, > > My quesdtion is very simple. I'd like to create and use forms in Word 2007 > > in the same way I used them in Word 2003. > > Let's have a look to my problem. I need to create, example, a table with 3 > > columns (example): > > ================================================== > > |Name| |Address| > > |phone number| > > ================================================== > > Now I wish to place text fields in each row. > > > > [Text field] [Text field] > > [Text field] > > > > My question: > > > > When I open this form and want to fill it in, is there a way similar to Word > > 2003 where I used to click on the icon with the padlock and the coursor whent > > automatically to the very first text field to be filled, in order to fill the > > first field and to skip to the next one(s) using the Tab key? > > > . >
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 4 Jun 2010 18:38
You should not have to lock the new document provided the template is locked. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "1abc" <1abc(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B209D437-CE0F-4BE5-B472-BC7D9F89118E(a)microsoft.com... > Hi Jay and Stefan, > > So far I managed to find the "Protect document" button in the Developper's > Ribbon. > > As I use a Dutch interface it's a bit difficult to sort this out. > Given the importance of this issue for me and due to the fact that I have > to > use both Word 2003 and 2007 in my PC in order to be able to use a huge > amount > of forms created in 2003 as I can't find the way to use them in 2007, I'd > really appreciate if you could contact me on private. Maybe we could reach > an > aggreement on how to get a kind of wizzard with screenshots in order to > solve > this important problem for me. > > The final result I'd like to reach in Word 2007 would be to start a new > document>click on dhe lock button>go to the first text field, insert the > necessary data and then skip to the next/other fields using the Tab > button. > > Thank you in advance. > > "Stefan Blom" wrote: > >> First, display the Developer tab: Click the Office button, and then click >> Word >> Options. In the Popular category, select "Show Developer tab in the >> Ribbon." >> Click OK. >> >> On the Developer tab, click the Legacy Tools button (in the Controls >> group) to >> insert the form fields of previous versions. To enforce the protection, >> click >> the Protect Document button (in the Protect group). >> >> Note that you can add the Lock command to the Quick Access Toolbar (via >> Office >> button | Word Options | Customize); that way, you can turn protection >> on/off a >> bit quicker. >> >> -- >> Stefan Blom >> Microsoft Word MVP >> (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) >> >> >> >> "1abc" <1abc(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:9664C5FC-8DF4-42F0-A5C7-68359A3063CE(a)microsoft.com... >> > Hi all, >> > My quesdtion is very simple. I'd like to create and use forms in Word >> > 2007 >> > in the same way I used them in Word 2003. >> > Let's have a look to my problem. I need to create, example, a table >> > with 3 >> > columns (example): >> > ================================================== >> > |Name| |Address| >> > |phone number| >> > ================================================== >> > Now I wish to place text fields in each row. >> > >> > [Text field] [Text field] >> > [Text field] >> > >> > My question: >> > >> > When I open this form and want to fill it in, is there a way similar to >> > Word >> > 2003 where I used to click on the icon with the padlock and the coursor >> > whent >> > automatically to the very first text field to be filled, in order to >> > fill the >> > first field and to skip to the next one(s) using the Tab key? >> >> >> . >> |