Document w/ controls always opens in design mode

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MrPete_56 - 15 Jul 2005 17:55 GMT

I am new to this - I am writing boiler plate documents for our company.
There are specific questions we want answered for each vendor and I want to
use a document with radio buttons and check boxes. I created a template with
the controls and when one of our users starts a new document using the
template they can fill it out and save it just fine. When someone opens it
later to look at it, it opens in design mode. Is this normal. What I am
trying to do is make a form to be filled out once and then referred to many
times. I would be nice to fix it so my users don't accidentally change the
form after it is filled out too.
TIA
Pete Smith

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Anne Troy - 15 Jul 2005 20:54 GMT

1. You have likely unnecessarily used VBA controls when you could use Forms
components (join the rest of the world in making the same mistake) :

http://www.officearticles.com/word/create_a_fill-in_form_in_microsoft_word.htm

2. The other users have their Macro security set to High, and hence design
view shows up.

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> I am new to this - I am writing boiler plate documents for our company.
> There are specific questions we want answered for each vendor and I want to
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> TIA
> Pete Smith

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Pact.Tech - 22 Nov 2006 23:42 GMT

I printed this article, found it helpful. However, am I barking up the wrong
tree by attempting this type of document.

I want the check boxes...but I also want the user to be able to add
additional text. If I protect the document, then entering data is no longer
an option. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.

> 1. You have likely unnecessarily used VBA controls when you could use Forms
> components (join the rest of the world in making the same mistake) :
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> > TIA
> > Pete Smith

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Stefan Blom - 23 Nov 2006 11:25 GMT

Well, if you want to use a protected form you will have to insert text
form fields at every location where users should be able to type.
However, if all you need are some simple check boxes, see the article
at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Add_Toggle_Objects.htm.

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> I printed this article, found it helpful. However, am I barking up the wrong
> tree by attempting this type of document.
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> > 1. You have likely unnecessarily used VBA controls when you could use Forms
> > components (join the rest of the world in making the same mistake)

http://www.officearticles.com/word/create_a_fill-in_form_in_microsoft_word.htm

> > 2. The other users have their Macro security set to High, and hence design
> > view shows up.
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> > > TIA
> > > Pete Smith

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