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From: Janine on 26 Feb 2010 23:51 Hi Plaskdex I have the same problem in Word 2010 - one has to step into the CC. Did you try grouping the controls? I can quote an MVP who says "Content controls are Microsoft's unfinished symphony" - no help at all (is what I thought) but it does make an obvious point. Janine "Plaskdex" <Plaskdex(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E6442DD0-54BC-4261-9294-0631BD07035E(a)microsoft.com... > I have a word (2007) document that i need to restrict to fill in forms due > to > the need of Checkboxes. > > When i do restrict the document and try to edit the text in my Content > Controls (Plain Text) i cannot start writing or editing it at all unless i > step into it with my arrowkeys. If i do this once in any content control > the > rest starts working and i can start clicking on them and it allows me to > edit > it. > > My dropdownlist(wordname?) works fine though. > > Anyone have a clue bout how to solve this? or whats the problem? > > /Thanks in regards > /Eric
From: Jay Freedman on 27 Feb 2010 15:44
To solve Plaskdex's problem, I suggest using Greg Maxey's add-in (http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Custom_CC_Checkboxes.htm) to get pseudo-checkboxes in content controls. That will allow using grouping instead of forms protection -- because content controls plus forms protection in the same document is a deadly combination. In Word 2010 there are finally real checkbox content controls, so you don't need the add-in code. Unfortunately, those controls work *only* in 2010; if someone opens the document in 2007 the checkboxes don't work, and if they save the document and you bring it back to 2010 the checkboxes are dead. Maybe in another release or three the content controls will be a complete replacement for legacy form fields. -- 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. On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:51:54 +1100, "Janine" <janine(a)ribbonspace.com> wrote: >Hi Plaskdex > >I have the same problem in Word 2010 - one has to step into the CC. > >Did you try grouping the controls? > >I can quote an MVP who says "Content controls are Microsoft's unfinished >symphony" - no help at all (is what I thought) but it does make an obvious >point. > >Janine > >"Plaskdex" <Plaskdex(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >news:E6442DD0-54BC-4261-9294-0631BD07035E(a)microsoft.com... >> I have a word (2007) document that i need to restrict to fill in forms due >> to >> the need of Checkboxes. >> >> When i do restrict the document and try to edit the text in my Content >> Controls (Plain Text) i cannot start writing or editing it at all unless i >> step into it with my arrowkeys. If i do this once in any content control >> the >> rest starts working and i can start clicking on them and it allows me to >> edit >> it. >> >> My dropdownlist(wordname?) works fine though. >> >> Anyone have a clue bout how to solve this? or whats the problem? >> >> /Thanks in regards >> /Eric |