Re: Word Forms & Protection

I came to realize that after I responded to Doug. Perhaps I should change my
signature to "The only thing advancing faster than my age is technology!"
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You can''''t do today''''s job with yesterday''''s methods and be in
business tomorrow --Anonymous


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Doug's "last comment" is part of his signature, which is appended to every
message.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"WindKnot" <WindKnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you! This works. Still not as clean as 2003 but will have to do.

Doug, I'm confused regarding your last comment. I thought this post was
to
the newsgroup. The question was posted in what I thought was the Word
Community section most similar to the problem encountered. Am I incorrect
in
that assumption? Should this and all questions be posted to the top tier
vs.
a sublevel?
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You can''''t do today''''s job with yesterday''''s methods and be in
business tomorrow --Anonymous


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Add the other Protect button that looks like a page with a padlock on it
to
the QAT. It does not cause the formfields to be reset.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"WindKnot" <WindKnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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You can''''t do today''''s job with yesterday''''s methods and be in
business tomorrow --Anonymous


"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.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
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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