Form fields

[Wendy]

How do you delete form fields without deleting all the
text or having to type information all in again? I have
paragraphs/pages of text in form fields, and quite often
need to go in and edit these. I end up locking/unlocking,
bolding/strikeout etc, locking/unlocking, back and forth.
Help!

 

[Wendy]

I am using Office XP.

-----Original Message-----
Hi Wendy,

What version of Office are you using?

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[Beth Melton]

Hi Wendy,

In Word 2002 you can use the Forms toolbar and the "Protect/Unprotect"
command to preserve the form field data. In previous versions this
command removed form field data).

In all versions you can utilize a macro to protect the document
without losing the form field data. It can be something as simple as:

ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True

or you can utilize the macro found in this article:
http://mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm

For more on how to use macros see:
http://mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm

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assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton

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MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/