See the article "How to validate the contents of a formfield in a Word form"
at:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/ValidateFFields.htm

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>I would like to create a form with the the first few fields to be a
>mandatory
> completion before going on to the next.