Re: Word Forms & Protection

Many thanks for the response! Perhaps this will shed additional light on the
issue. One of the first things I did after discovering the "Ribbon" in 2007
was to add several of the most used features to it. One was the "green"
Protection button vs. going through the "Protect Document" icon each time. I
can unprotect the form with the button without losing data but as soon as I
reprotect, all of the fields clear. I was under the impression that this
button was the equivilent of the 2003 enable/disable Protection icon but
apparently not.

Are you aware of the differences between the green protect/unprotect
shortcut button and the full protect document icon? Apparently, your fields
are not clearing out using the full icon. Are you checking the "Forms"
button on the full menu?

Also, while I am aware of macros and used them in Lotus (dating myself), I
have only perused a VBA book at Borders but have not attempted to write or
incorporate a macro into any worksheets. Part of the reason was I could
never locate a way to "record" my actions. I see that 2007 has a "Record
Macro" feature that may solve this problem but I still have to get up and
running on VBA. Although it's been 22 years since I took a Basic programming
class, I still remember most of the fundamentals.

Also, are you aware of a drop down box the type of which I described?

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"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

I cannot replicate that problem.

However, if you use a macro containing the following code to re-apply the
protection, you will not have the problem

ActiveDocument.Protect wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"WindKnot" <WindKnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Former XP/Word2003 user converting to Vista/Word2007. I finally located
the
"forms toolbox" and am now trying to get through the protection features.
When designing a form in 2003, protection could be enabled and disabled
without losing data previously input. I find in 2007, each time
protection
is enabled, all prior entries are erased. Is there a solution for this?

On the topic of Forms. Is there a drop down or similar field/feature in
Word2007 that will allow user input vs. only the selections provided by
the
designer?



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