Creating a Form in Word 2004

[lmaurer]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

One of the users in my organization is using Word 2004 on a Mac OS X
operating system. He is trying to create a form in his Word document and has
two questions:

1. Can you change the color of the default shading used for text boxes, drop
downs, etc.?

2. Can you create dependent boxes in a Word form?

If anyone has any helpful advice for me, I would appreciate it!

Thanks!
Lauren

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Lauren:

Text boxes, yes. However, the "Default" holds only for the current instance
of the open document.

I suggest that it is better if he stores a Text Box the colour he wants it
as an AutoText and provides a toolbar button or keystroke to insert it. He
needs to be careful to save it in the Attached Template if he wants to make
it available to other users.

I believe that drop-downs take their shading from the OS System colour
scheme selected by the user.

I am not sure what you mean by "Dependent boxes"?

Tell him to look up "Linked Text Boxes" in the Word help and see if that's
what he means.

If that's not it, then the answer is "Yes, you can create any associations
you like using VBA."

Either way, the answer is "Yes", but I am not sure what he means.

Cheers

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

One of the users in my organization is using Word 2004 on a Mac OS X
operating system. He is trying to create a form in his Word document and has
two questions:

1. Can you change the color of the default shading used for text boxes, drop
downs, etc.?

2. Can you create dependent boxes in a Word form?

If anyone has any helpful advice for me, I would appreciate it!

Thanks!
Lauren

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[lmaurer]

Hi John,

Thank you for you response. We will test out your suggestion for the text box and see where it takes us.

As far as "dependent text boxes", sorry I should have been more clear. What I meant was if you have two drop down boxes, the second box's choice is dependent on what the user chooses in the first box. For example, if you have food categories like fruit, dairy, etc. in one text box and let's say I pickj "Fruit". The second text box will bring up more specific choices related to that main category only like apples, organges, etc. I hope that is more clear. I assume this would still need VBA code (which I am a novice at).

Thanks for your help!
Lauren

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Lauren:

That is what is called a "Combo Box" in the trade

And Yes, you do need to write VBA code to "bind" the content of the second
field to the output of the first.

There's a worked example here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306258

Hope this helps

Hi John,

Thank you for you response. We will test out your suggestion for the text box
and see where it takes us.

As far as "dependent text boxes", sorry I should have been more clear. What I
meant was if you have two drop down boxes, the second box's choice is
dependent on what the user chooses in the first box. For example, if you have
food categories like fruit, dairy, etc. in one text box and let's say I pickj
"Fruit". The second text box will bring up more specific choices related to
that main category only like apples, organges, etc. I hope that is more clear.
I assume this would still need VBA code (which I am a novice at).

Thanks for your help!
Lauren

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Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]