Hello,

I have a form with about 8 sections. Not all section may be used at once so
in order not to see it or print it, could I hide it or collapse it until it
needs to be used then have the user click on it to open?

Example: Thee are three (3) setions for Collateral. Section one is for the
main collateral and sections two and three are for additional collateral. If
there is only the main and one additional collateral, I do not want the third
section of additional collateral to show or print. This will make the form
smaller and more user friendly I think. Please let me know if there is an
possiblitiy to make this happen.

Thanks!!

Re: Hide or collapse section by Jean-Guy

Jean-Guy
Thu Mar 08 18:04:33 CST 2007

Stockwell43 was telling us:
Stockwell43 nous racontait que :

> Hello,
>
> I have a form with about 8 sections. Not all section may be used at
> once so in order not to see it or print it, could I hide it or
> collapse it until it needs to be used then have the user click on it
> to open?
>
> Example: Thee are three (3) setions for Collateral. Section one is
> for the main collateral and sections two and three are for additional
> collateral. If there is only the main and one additional collateral,
> I do not want the third section of additional collateral to show or
> print. This will make the form smaller and more user friendly I
> think. Please let me know if there is an possiblitiy to make this
> happen.

You would need a userform to get information from the user when creating the
document.
If you want to provide an alternative whereby the writer can go back and
change his mind, you will need more code.

In both cases, the easiest would be to turn the font in the non-needed
section to hidden.

A more permanent solution would be to delete the undesirable sections. In
that case, if you need to add them later, autotext entries will be needed.

See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/Userforms/index.htm

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Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org



Re: Hide or collapse section by Stockwell43

Stockwell43
Fri Mar 09 07:34:08 CST 2007

Currently, I have it set up as a user form with a table. All the section are
needed on the form. However, each time a user fills it out all the field on
the form may not need to be filled out based on the type of loan. So I wanted
to collapse those areas and if they are needed, the user can open them to
fill in the necessary information.

"Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote:

> Stockwell43 was telling us:
> Stockwell43 nous racontait que :
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a form with about 8 sections. Not all section may be used at
> > once so in order not to see it or print it, could I hide it or
> > collapse it until it needs to be used then have the user click on it
> > to open?
> >
> > Example: Thee are three (3) setions for Collateral. Section one is
> > for the main collateral and sections two and three are for additional
> > collateral. If there is only the main and one additional collateral,
> > I do not want the third section of additional collateral to show or
> > print. This will make the form smaller and more user friendly I
> > think. Please let me know if there is an possiblitiy to make this
> > happen.
>
> You would need a userform to get information from the user when creating the
> document.
> If you want to provide an alternative whereby the writer can go back and
> change his mind, you will need more code.
>
> In both cases, the easiest would be to turn the font in the non-needed
> section to hidden.
>
> A more permanent solution would be to delete the undesirable sections. In
> that case, if you need to add them later, autotext entries will be needed.
>
> See
> http://word.mvps.org/faqs/Userforms/index.htm
>
> --
>
> Salut!
> _______________________________________
> Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
> jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO
> Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org
>
>
>

Re: Hide or collapse section by Jean-Guy

Jean-Guy
Fri Mar 09 12:55:08 CST 2007

Stockwell43 was telling us:
Stockwell43 nous racontait que :

> Currently, I have it set up as a user form with a table. All the
> section are needed on the form. However, each time a user fills it
> out all the field on the form may not need to be filled out based on
> the type of loan. So I wanted to collapse those areas and if they are
> needed, the user can open them to fill in the necessary information.

A userform is like a dialog box (Similar to any of the dialogs you get with
Word when you get to Font attributes, Save As, Table properties, etc.).

Is this what you are really writing about?

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Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org