Autoformat as you type

[Carny]

I've created a word document as a form and have several fields people can
complete, one of them is a box with a number 1. before the field and when you
enter data in the field and press return it creates a numbered list. I want
to stop this happening. The form is password protected I've added some code
that is run when the form is opened.

Dim show As Boolean
show = False
ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:="*********"
ActiveDocument.Application.Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyNumberedLists =
False
ActiveDocument.Protect Password:="********", Noreset:=True,
Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields
show =
ActiveDocument.Application.Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyNumberedLists
If show Then
MsgBox ("The Autoformat is off!")
Else
MsgBox ("The Autoformat is still on!!")
End If

But i always get the message that the autoformat in on and the document
always creates a numbered list. The form is opened in various word versions
from 97 upward. Please help???

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Get rid of the automatic numbering in your paragraph. You have to do this
when the document is unprotected. It probably involves changing the style.
You may have gotten the numbering style or formatting because you have Word
apply styles based on your typing (always a bad idea).
--
Charles Kenyon

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