Typing in one form's text box affects all others

[ScarlattiEGB]

I downloaded an application form and noticed that all of the text boxes on
the final page are somehow connected to a title text box on the first page --
that title text appears in the subsequent boxes, and changing the text in one
box changes the text in all others. This is supposed to be a form where users
can fill in their own information in the boxes on the final page, different
text in each box. Does anyone know how to fix this, to break this connection
between the text boxes without creating a whole new form? (No, there doesn't
seem to be "linked text" in the usual sense.) I'm using Microsoft Word 2002.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Maybe there is a macro running on exit from the Title text box that is
setting the .Result of the other text boxes to the .Result of the Title text
box. If you can unprotect the document, look at the properties for the
Title textbox.

See the following for more information on forms:

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[ScarlattiEGB]

Thank you for your response!

The document didn't appear to have been locked or to have made use of macros.

Thanks for the links on forms,

ScarlattiEGB

 

[Stefan Blom]

The mysteriously linked text boxes could be a result of document
corruption. Press Ctrl+A to select the whole document, and then press
Shift+Left Arrow to deselect the final paragraph mark. Copy and paste
into a new document. Does that make a difference?

For more, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/CorruptDoc.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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