WD: Preserving Text When Re-protecting a Form Without Macros (189172)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1a
- Microsoft Word for Windows NT 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
This article was previously published under Q189172 SYMPTOMS When a form with information entered in the fields is
manually unprotected and re-protected, the information is lost and the form
fields are reset to their default settings. WORKAROUND Locking text form fields before protecting the form
prevents the entered text from being lost if the form is unprotected and re-
protected. To lock a text field, follow these steps: - Select the field.
- Press CTRL+F11 (Windows) or COMMAND+F11 (Macintosh).
Note If Help for WordPerfect Users is selected, CTRL+F11 (Windows) or
COMMAND+F11 (Macintosh) will not function. STATUS Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION The information in text fields will not be lost when the
document is protected again, and the fields will function as usual while the
form is being filled out in protected mode.
Warning This workaround preserves only text fields. Check boxes and
drop-down list selections are still lost when you unprotect and re- protect the
field. A calculation field will no longer be updated and will maintain the
current value until unlocked, even if it is printed or if a macro is run to
update it.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/18/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbfield kbpending KB189172 |
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