opening a document so it is NOT in DESIGN mode...

[Brad Pears]

I am likely in the wrong post but here goes anyway...

Typically I use Word for very very basic stuff (Word is an
end user thing and I'm a programmer so don't use it much...)

A user created a form that includes check boxes. They came to me when no one
could figure out how to actually check the check box. I discovered that the
form was in "design mode" and that by clicking on the "design" button, it
took the form out of design mode - thus enabling the user to click the check
box. However, when the form is saved and opened again, it is once again in
design mode - meaning the user has to uncheck the "design mode" button each
time they open the form which is a pain in the a_ _! How do you set up a
Word doc so that by default it DOES NOT open in design mode???

Thanks,

Brad

 

[Andrew Savikas]

Hi Brad,

With the form open, go to View -> Toolbars, and select
the "Forms" toolbar.

Press the button with the padlock on it to "protect" the
form.

Save it.

Subsequent times the form is opened, you should be able to
check the boxes.

You may want to save the "protected" form as a template,
then base new copies of it on the template.

HTH,
Andrew Savikas
O'Reilly Media, Inc.