textbox tab movement

[tranth01]

I'm creating a document in Word right now that has textboxes. I want to be
able to move from textbox to textbox using the Tab key. How do i do this? I
tried to protect the document and I'm able to move from box to box and still
type in the textboxes but then when I close the doc and save it and open it
again, the entire doc is locked and so i can't edit anything....what am I
doing wrong?

 

[Stefan Blom]

You'll need to convert the text boxes to frames, and add text form fields to
them; then you'll be able to move between them by pressing Tab. But unless
you really need a protected document, this would be overkill. What exactly is
the purpose of your document?

 

[tranth01]

It's a Study Abroad Permission Form, my office only wants the students to be
able to fill in certain areas...i guess to make sure that everything else
stays uniform and so I'm making up the form based on what they are currently
using

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In that case, you need to learn more about making protected forms. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.