adding radio button & protect docs

[gildan]

hi, i wanna put some radio buttons in my docs...

example:
What is your gender?
O Male O Female

I've tried using the Control Toolbox to do so...but once i protect th
document, those radio buttons wouldn't work (Yes, i did click on "Exi
Design Mode"). Worse still, i can't unprotect my document because o
the existence of such radio buttons.

How do i go around this problem or is there other ways to add radi
buttons? Please help, i'm using office xp SP2

thx,
gilda

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Gildan,

Why don't you use a dropdown type formfield that contains the choices that
the user has. Or, use checkboxes and implement the procedure given in the
article “Making groups of Check Box Form Fields mutually exclusive (so that
they behave like radio buttons) “ at:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/ExclusiveFmFldChbxs.htm

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Hope this helps
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[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Gildan,

I've tried using the Control Toolbox to do so...but once i protect the
document, those radio buttons wouldn't work (Yes, i did click on "Exit
Design Mode"). Worse still, i can't unprotect my document because of
the existence of such radio buttons.

1. You have to insert the radio buttons "inline with the text" in order
to have the work correctly in a protected form. No text wrap formatting.
If you need to position them more freely on the page, you can insert
them into a FRAME (from the Forms toolbar).

2. Since radio buttons are ActiveX controls, they include VBA elements.
And these VBA elements trigger the macro protection. From the sound of
it, you've set your macro security settings to "High". In order to use a
form containing ActiveX controls you must either
- sign the form with a digital signature
- set macro security to "medium" or "low"

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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[gildan]

hi, first of all, thx for da reply
i'm sorry dat i din reply to ur suggestion bcos i was having troubl
getting used to the forum's configuration (i din know somebody woul
reply to my question bcos da reply field next to my thread is 0!!)

anyway, i tried ur suggestion but it still doesn't work
mebe i din explain correctly, perhaps

everytime i open my doc, da radio button will turn back into desig
mode, by itself, even if i've clicked "exit design mode".

i realised dat da prob din come from me but from microsoft. they'v
issued a hotfix for it
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822528

so, i thanked u again for ur help :

 

[gildan]

hi, first of all, thx for da reply
i'm sorry dat i din reply to ur suggestion bcos i was having trouble
getting used to the forum's configuration (i din know somebody would
reply to my question bcos da reply field next to my thread is 0!!)

anyway, dat's a great substitute. i dun hav 2 bother with dis control
toolbox thingy, since da prob din come from me actually. read dis and
u'll know wat i mean:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822528

thx again for da help