Template, "OK" "Cancel" Window Box?

Background: I created a simple template and used the forms
toolbar for placing several fields throughout the
document. Saved it as "template" Also protected form by
selecting the "lock" icon.

Uexpected results: 1. When I open My Newly Created
Template (Click Start, New Office Document,General,
Template, My Newly Created Template) a white screen
appears with a windows box in the center rather than the
expected My Newly Created Template. 2. In the upper right
corner of this unexpected box two buttons appear: "OK" (is
on top) and "Cancel" (is beneath it). 3. To the left is a
larger, empty, rectangular message box containing a
blinking cursor. 4. If you click "OK" My Newly Created
Template will appear and the box, OK and cancel,
disappear. 5. If you click "Cancel" My Newly Created
Template will appear and the box, OK and cancel, will
disappear.

Desired result: I want to eliminate the unnecessary
objects above (OK, Cancel and the message box) and simply
get straight to the template and begin work without seeing
or clicking "oK" or "Cancel." How to do it? Thanks.

Notes: The template works fine; easy to tab from one field
to the next, etc. All other templates work fine too; just
select, click, and they open straightaway.

Beth
Mon Jan 12 17:12:54 CST 2004

Hi Bob,

Open your template and press Alt + F9 to toggle the field codes and
check the document for a FillIn field. It would look something like:
{FILLIN \* MERGEFORMAT}.

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"BobG" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05db01c3d950$f812d260$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Background: I created a simple template and used the forms
> toolbar for placing several fields throughout the
> document. Saved it as "template" Also protected form by
> selecting the "lock" icon.
>
> Uexpected results: 1. When I open My Newly Created
> Template (Click Start, New Office Document,General,
> Template, My Newly Created Template) a white screen
> appears with a windows box in the center rather than the
> expected My Newly Created Template. 2. In the upper right
> corner of this unexpected box two buttons appear: "OK" (is
> on top) and "Cancel" (is beneath it). 3. To the left is a
> larger, empty, rectangular message box containing a
> blinking cursor. 4. If you click "OK" My Newly Created
> Template will appear and the box, OK and cancel,
> disappear. 5. If you click "Cancel" My Newly Created
> Template will appear and the box, OK and cancel, will
> disappear.
>
> Desired result: I want to eliminate the unnecessary
> objects above (OK, Cancel and the message box) and simply
> get straight to the template and begin work without seeing
> or clicking "oK" or "Cancel." How to do it? Thanks.
>
> Notes: The template works fine; easy to tab from one field
> to the next, etc. All other templates work fine too; just
> select, click, and they open straightaway.

BobG
Tue Jan 13 07:58:51 CST 2004

Thanks Beth, I deleted that Fillin field and the template
now works as expected.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Bob,
>
>Open your template and press Alt + F9 to toggle the field
codes and
>check the document for a FillIn field. It would look
something like:
>{FILLIN \* MERGEFORMAT}.
>
>--
>Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup.
Requests for
>assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Beth Melton
>Microsoft Office MVP
>
>Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
>TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
>MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
>
>
>"BobG" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:05db01c3d950$f812d260$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> Background: I created a simple template and used the
forms
>> toolbar for placing several fields throughout the
>> document. Saved it as "template" Also protected form by
>> selecting the "lock" icon.
>>
>> Uexpected results: 1. When I open My Newly Created
>> Template (Click Start, New Office Document,General,
>> Template, My Newly Created Template) a white screen
>> appears with a windows box in the center rather than the
>> expected My Newly Created Template. 2. In the upper
right
>> corner of this unexpected box two buttons appear: "OK"
(is
>> on top) and "Cancel" (is beneath it). 3. To the left is
a
>> larger, empty, rectangular message box containing a
>> blinking cursor. 4. If you click "OK" My Newly Created
>> Template will appear and the box, OK and cancel,
>> disappear. 5. If you click "Cancel" My Newly Created
>> Template will appear and the box, OK and cancel, will
>> disappear.
>>
>> Desired result: I want to eliminate the unnecessary
>> objects above (OK, Cancel and the message box) and
simply
>> get straight to the template and begin work without
seeing
>> or clicking "oK" or "Cancel." How to do it? Thanks.
>>
>> Notes: The template works fine; easy to tab from one
field
>> to the next, etc. All other templates work fine too;
just
>> select, click, and they open straightaway.
>
>
>.
>