How can I edit headers/footers in a protected form?

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lschro - 27 Apr 2005 13:48 GMT

How can I edit a header or footer in an online document protected for forms?
The fill-in the blank form fields are on page 1, but on the next pages the
sections are unprotected to allow paragraphs of information to be inserted.
Ex. - After page 1 the Footer needs to be changed in each section: Exhibit A
Page 1 of 1, then Exhibit B Page 1 or 2, etc. I don't want to unprotect the
document because sometimes the information in one or two of the form fields
needs to be changed and re-protecting the doc. resets the form fields. Is
there a simple macro that would unprotect the headers/footers and allow
editing without resetting the form fields? Thank you.

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Chuck - 27 Apr 2005 14:17 GMT

You have to unprotect the form, edit the header/footer then reprotect it. To
prevent losing data already in the form fields use the NoReset parameter.
You'll need to provide the password in code or leave the Password parameter
off in which case the user will be prompted for a password. The
section-specific protect/unprotect settings should persist without your
having to specify them again.

To unprotect:

ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:=""

To protect with NoReset:

ActiveDocument.Protect _
Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, _
NoReset:=True, _
Password:=""

> How can I edit a header or footer in an online document protected for forms?
> The fill-in the blank form fields are on page 1, but on the next pages the
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> there a simple macro that would unprotect the headers/footers and allow
> editing without resetting the form fields? Thank you.

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lschro - 27 Apr 2005 14:54 GMT

Thank you, Chuck. I'm sure this will work for what I need. I am teaching
myself how to write macros. This will take the guesswork out of trying to
make it work. Thank you.

> You have to unprotect the form, edit the header/footer then reprotect it. To
> prevent losing data already in the form fields use the NoReset parameter.
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> > there a simple macro that would unprotect the headers/footers and allow
> > editing without resetting the form fields? Thank you.

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Sassy3fan - 21 Sep 2007 20:10 GMT

Im just trying learning all this as well. What I need to do is edit the
headers on each page...but when I change page two, it also changes page one
and three...how can I edit each page to have different data? Example I want
page one to read Genisis: 1-2 and page two to read Genisis: 3-4 etc. Thanks
for any help you can give me.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 22 Sep 2007 08:15 GMT

Check out the use of the StyleRef field.

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> Im just trying learning all this as well. What I need to do is edit the
> headers on each page...but when I change page two, it also changes page
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>> > there a simple macro that would unprotect the headers/footers and allow
>> > editing without resetting the form fields? Thank you.

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Graham Mayor - 22 Sep 2007 08:44 GMT

Shouldn't that be Genesis?

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> Im just trying learning all this as well. What I need to do is edit
> the headers on each page...but when I change page two, it also
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>>> there a simple macro that would unprotect the headers/footers and
>>> allow editing without resetting the form fields? Thank you.

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