Formatting in Protected templates.

[Becky]

Word Version 2002 & Windows 2000.
I have several custom templates that our company uses.
Our issues are, you can not Format (bold, underline)
anything in the template, unless it is not protected. We
also can not create envelopes in a protected template.
Does anyone know of a solution to these issues without
have the user unprotect the document.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Solution to the envelope question:

Simple method: You unprotect the template and add an envelope to it using
the envelope wizard's Add to Document button. Then replace the address in
the envelope with REF fields referring to the address information in your
form. Then reprotect your form. This way, every document created with your
template will have an envelope built into it.

More complex method: Write a procedure (macro) that unprotects the form,
creates and prints the envelope, deletes the envelope, and then reprotects
the form. Attach that to a menu command under the Tools menu or a button on
your toolbar.

As far as the formatting goes, this is a drawback of protected forms. You
could set up unprotected sections which would allow use of bold, underlining
or italics. You may also want to look at <url:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm>.

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm>

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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