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From: Brett on 12 Feb 2010 11:14 I am having an issue where I have created a form in Word 2007. It is a combination of Radio boxes, ActiveX Text Box controls, and Word 2007 Plain Text Controls. However, the issue that I'm having is that when I restrict the document for editing, only allowing "Filling in forms", I've found that when I open the document, it doesn't let me type in the Word 2007 Plain Text Controls. The only way to do so is to tab from just before the control. Has anyone seen this before? If so, is there some way to resolve it?
From: Jay Freedman on 12 Feb 2010 11:46
Restricted editing for "Filling in forms" is meant for forms built with "form fields" (the top row of the Legacy Controls button's dropdown). It wreaks havoc with all other kinds of controls and should not be used with them. I would also recommend against using ActiveX controls for anything (see the "Appropriateness for the Task" section of http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140269(office.10).aspx). Replace the ActiveX text box controls with either Rich Text or Plain Text content controls, and replace the radio buttons (I assume you used ActiveX for these, too) with dropdown content controls. To get the same protection effect as "Filling in forms", select everything, click the Group button next to the content controls on the ribbon, and choose Group. -- 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. Brett wrote: > I am having an issue where I have created a form in Word 2007. It is a > combination of Radio boxes, ActiveX Text Box controls, and Word 2007 > Plain Text Controls. > > However, the issue that I'm having is that when I restrict the > document for editing, only allowing "Filling in forms", I've found > that when I open the document, it doesn't let me type in the Word > 2007 Plain Text Controls. The only way to do so is to tab from just > before the control. > > Has anyone seen this before? If so, is there some way to resolve it? |