Spell Check in Forms Text Boxes?

[MSUSER]

I've created a form that users can use in Word (2000). It is a mixture of
drop-down boxes and open-ended text boxes. Users have complained that they
cannot spell-check or use any formatting (underlines, bold, etc.) in the text
box. I've been trying to figure out how to either:
(1) divide the document into sections and apply the forms protection to only
the sections with the drop-down boxes
-or-
(2) create a macro or something that spell-checks the text box

HELP!!!

 

[Jay Freedman]

I've created a form that users can use in Word (2000). It is a
mixture of drop-down boxes and open-ended text boxes. Users have
complained that they cannot spell-check or use any formatting
(underlines, bold, etc.) in the text box. I've been trying to figure
out how to either: (1) divide the document into sections and apply
the forms protection to only the sections with the drop-down boxes
-or-
(2) create a macro or something that spell-checks the text box

HELP!!!

The spell-checker macro is in
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm.

To create an unprotected section in a protected form document, first insert
section breaks before and after the part that should be unprotected. Then
click Tools > Protect Document (the lock icon on the Forms toolbar won't
do). When you enable protection for forms, the Sections button in the dialog
will be enabled. Click that and, in the dialog that appears, uncheck the
section to be unprotected.

Note that users will be able to tab out of the last field in the section
preceding the unprotected one, bringing the cursor to the beginning of the
uprotected section; but then the tab key inserts tab characters instead of
jumping among fields, so they have to use the mouse to get to any protected
field.

An alternative that doesn't involve forms protection at all is to use
AutoTextList fields for the dropdowns
(http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm).

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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