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bye - 13 Apr 2005 08:01 GMT

Hello,
A question. I have a word document that is protected. When I open the
protected document it opens with the first textfield selected. So far so
good.
When I open this document by a hyperlink in another worddocument then it
opens but the first field is not selected. The cursor is on the left of the
field. In code:
activedocument.formfields(1).select doesn't work. Has anyone a solution?
Thanks

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Dian D. Chapman, MVP - 22 Apr 2005 07:00 GMT

Add this code into the ThisDocument_Open event. It will cause the
cursor to go to that form field when the doc opens. You'll need to
know the name of that first field and replace "myFieldName" with the
bookmark name of your field.

If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("myFieldName") Then
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="myFieldName"
End If

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>Hello,
>A question. I have a word document that is protected. When I open the
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>activedocument.formfields(1).select doesn't work. Has anyone a solution?
>Thanks

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