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From: Carl_B on 1 Mar 2010 13:27
I am creating a collection of forms to be filled in by technicians in a small
call center. The forms will be stored in a SharePoint 2007 library.
I need a means to be able to have the techs clear the form after using it,
without unprotecting and using the Reset Fields commands in the Legacy Forms
group of commands.
A macro possibly saved in Normal.dotm, and a button on the QAT seems a
possible solution, but I do not know how to do a macro to perform this task
for several differently named forms.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you.
Carl
From: Terry Farrell on 1 Mar 2010 15:44
The form should be a template. The users then open a new document (form)
from the template and fill it out. When they want another form, they open it
from the template again. That's what templates are for: you don't have to
unprotect and clear a used form to reuse it. If you create a Work Group
folder for the templates and then point each users' File Location, Workgroup
template setting to that folder, they will see all the templates in their
File | New dialog. Alternatively, they could have desktop shortcuts pointing
to the Workgroup templates (the default action of double-clicking a shortcut
to a template is to open a new document based on the template).

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Carl_B" <CarlB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9CF435E0-8A76-441E-8869-6C4D084620C0(a)microsoft.com...
> I am creating a collection of forms to be filled in by technicians in a
> small
> call center. The forms will be stored in a SharePoint 2007 library.
> I need a means to be able to have the techs clear the form after using it,
> without unprotecting and using the Reset Fields commands in the Legacy
> Forms
> group of commands.
> A macro possibly saved in Normal.dotm, and a button on the QAT seems a
> possible solution, but I do not know how to do a macro to perform this
> task
> for several differently named forms.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Thank you.
> Carl

From: Carl_B on 1 Mar 2010 21:26
Thank you for the response. While the use of a template will certainly
protect the document from permanent change, the techs using the form need to
be able to get to a cleared form in a manner much quicker than saving,
closing and then opening another form (they are under time constraints, and
the forms are quite large and compex).
I still require a macro that will work resetting the fields in a variety of
forms.

"Terry Farrell" wrote:

> The form should be a template. The users then open a new document (form)
> from the template and fill it out. When they want another form, they open it
> from the template again. That's what templates are for: you don't have to
> unprotect and clear a used form to reuse it. If you create a Work Group
> folder for the templates and then point each users' File Location, Workgroup
> template setting to that folder, they will see all the templates in their
> File | New dialog. Alternatively, they could have desktop shortcuts pointing
> to the Workgroup templates (the default action of double-clicking a shortcut
> to a template is to open a new document based on the template).
>
> --
> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>
> "Carl_B" <CarlB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9CF435E0-8A76-441E-8869-6C4D084620C0(a)microsoft.com...
> > I am creating a collection of forms to be filled in by technicians in a
> > small
> > call center. The forms will be stored in a SharePoint 2007 library.
> > I need a means to be able to have the techs clear the form after using it,
> > without unprotecting and using the Reset Fields commands in the Legacy
> > Forms
> > group of commands.
> > A macro possibly saved in Normal.dotm, and a button on the QAT seems a
> > possible solution, but I do not know how to do a macro to perform this
> > task
> > for several differently named forms.
> > Any help will be appreciated.
> > Thank you.
> > Carl
>
> .
>
From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 2 Mar 2010 00:39
It is unlikely that any other method that you might come up with would be
any quicker. You could however make the process more automatic by having a
macro on the QAT that used the command

Documents.Add "TemplateName"

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Carl_B" <CarlB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F959F0A-27C0-4584-8B59-F6AD0DF42566(a)microsoft.com...
> Thank you for the response. While the use of a template will certainly
> protect the document from permanent change, the techs using the form need
> to
> be able to get to a cleared form in a manner much quicker than saving,
> closing and then opening another form (they are under time constraints,
> and
> the forms are quite large and compex).
> I still require a macro that will work resetting the fields in a variety
> of
> forms.
>
> "Terry Farrell" wrote:
>
>> The form should be a template. The users then open a new document (form)
>> from the template and fill it out. When they want another form, they open
>> it
>> from the template again. That's what templates are for: you don't have to
>> unprotect and clear a used form to reuse it. If you create a Work Group
>> folder for the templates and then point each users' File Location,
>> Workgroup
>> template setting to that folder, they will see all the templates in their
>> File | New dialog. Alternatively, they could have desktop shortcuts
>> pointing
>> to the Workgroup templates (the default action of double-clicking a
>> shortcut
>> to a template is to open a new document based on the template).
>>
>> --
>> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>>
>> "Carl_B" <CarlB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9CF435E0-8A76-441E-8869-6C4D084620C0(a)microsoft.com...
>> > I am creating a collection of forms to be filled in by technicians in a
>> > small
>> > call center. The forms will be stored in a SharePoint 2007 library.
>> > I need a means to be able to have the techs clear the form after using
>> > it,
>> > without unprotecting and using the Reset Fields commands in the Legacy
>> > Forms
>> > group of commands.
>> > A macro possibly saved in Normal.dotm, and a button on the QAT seems a
>> > possible solution, but I do not know how to do a macro to perform this
>> > task
>> > for several differently named forms.
>> > Any help will be appreciated.
>> > Thank you.
>> > Carl
>>
>> .
>>
From: Terry Farrell on 2 Mar 2010 04:20
There isn't a quicker way: Word is designed to use templates which is
quickest, simplest and reliable. Create a macro that will Save and Close the
current form and Open up a new form from the template. Add the macro to the
QAT.

Terry

"Carl_B" <CarlB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F959F0A-27C0-4584-8B59-F6AD0DF42566(a)microsoft.com...
> Thank you for the response. While the use of a template will certainly
> protect the document from permanent change, the techs using the form need
> to
> be able to get to a cleared form in a manner much quicker than saving,
> closing and then opening another form (they are under time constraints,
> and
> the forms are quite large and compex).
> I still require a macro that will work resetting the fields in a variety
> of
> forms.
>
> "Terry Farrell" wrote:
>
>> The form should be a template. The users then open a new document (form)
>> from the template and fill it out. When they want another form, they open
>> it
>> from the template again. That's what templates are for: you don't have to
>> unprotect and clear a used form to reuse it. If you create a Work Group
>> folder for the templates and then point each users' File Location,
>> Workgroup
>> template setting to that folder, they will see all the templates in their
>> File | New dialog. Alternatively, they could have desktop shortcuts
>> pointing
>> to the Workgroup templates (the default action of double-clicking a
>> shortcut
>> to a template is to open a new document based on the template).
>>
>> --
>> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>>
>> "Carl_B" <CarlB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9CF435E0-8A76-441E-8869-6C4D084620C0(a)microsoft.com...
>> > I am creating a collection of forms to be filled in by technicians in a
>> > small
>> > call center. The forms will be stored in a SharePoint 2007 library.
>> > I need a means to be able to have the techs clear the form after using
>> > it,
>> > without unprotecting and using the Reset Fields commands in the Legacy
>> > Forms
>> > group of commands.
>> > A macro possibly saved in Normal.dotm, and a button on the QAT seems a
>> > possible solution, but I do not know how to do a macro to perform this
>> > task
>> > for several differently named forms.
>> > Any help will be appreciated.
>> > Thank you.
>> > Carl
>>
>> .
>>
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