Creating Templates with Certain Properties for Forms

[Matt Rogers]

I am creating a large number of memo templates with my company's logo
locked into the header. I also want to insert a starting point a few
lines down and I have been doing with by creating a form field. The
problem is, when I lock the form the user can type, but cannot insert
bullet points or format the text for a longer letter.

Is there a way to grant certain permissions to the user in form fields?
Or is there another way to lock the document so they cannot change the
header but still have a specific starting point in the document that
opens with the document?

Thanks.

 

[John McGhie]

Yes. Look up Section Breaks in the Help.

You need a Continuous section break after the text you do not want changed.

Protect only the section you want unchanged.

Personally, I would put the letterhead in the running Header of the
document, using a page layout of "Different First Page" to stop it
replicating to the follow-on pages.

Then you do not need to protect the document at all.

Look up the Help topic " About headers and footers" and all its children to
get you started. Then come back here with your specific questions.

Cheers

I am creating a large number of memo templates with my company's logo
locked into the header. I also want to insert a starting point a few
lines down and I have been doing with by creating a form field. The
problem is, when I lock the form the user can type, but cannot insert
bullet points or format the text for a longer letter.

Is there a way to grant certain permissions to the user in form fields?
Or is there another way to lock the document so they cannot change the
header but still have a specific starting point in the document that
opens with the document?

Thanks.

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