Charles
Tue Nov 16 08:29:15 CST 2004
Another possibility is to use comments. They should show up on a mouse-over.
Unfortunately, in recent versions they can also mess up formatting. If all
of your users are set to not display balloons for comments then they can be
yet another help file; they do show up when a form is protected.
--
Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
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See also the MVP FAQ:
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"Becky Carter Hickman-Jones" <bchj@bigscaryanimal.org> wrote in message
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> Charles,
>
> Thanks for that insight. I will look into the references you made and try
> it
> again. It's turning out to not be the best way for me to use forms in
> Word,
> but I haven't given up completely yet.
>
> Beck
>
> "Charles Kenyon" <msnewsgroup@remove.no.spam.addbalance.com> wrote in
> message news:eqmMurPyEHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> In a protected document, the macro will not take you to bookmarks that
>> are
>> in a protected section other than enabled formfields. Have you explored
> the
>> options for help text (in status bar and from F1) in form fields?
>>
>> What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more
>> about online forms, follow the links at
>>
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
>>
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially
> Dian
>> Chapman's series of articles.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> --
>>
>> Charles Kenyon
>>
>> Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
http://addbalance.com/word
>>
>> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
>> Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>>
>> See also the MVP FAQ:
http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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>> "Becky Carter Hickman-Jones" <bchj@bigscaryanimal.org> wrote in message
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>> >I have followed the FAQ
>> > (
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/HLinksInFormsContent.htm) to the
>> > letter, and I can't get hyperlinks in protected forms to work properly.
>> >
>> > I have several hyperlinks pointing to bookmarks within the same Word XP
>> > document. This is a form that the user fills out; the hyperlinks take
> them
>> > to a spot in the document which explains the section of the form
>> > they're
>> > in.
>> > But after I've created the macro, added the macrobutton to the
>> > hyperlink
>> > field, and protected the form, when I double-click on the
>> > hyperlink/button,
>> > the location jumps to the very next text field in the document, nowhere
>> > near
>> > the intended bookmark. All of my descriptions have been bookmarked, and
>> > the
>> > hyperlinks are pointing to the bookmarks as necessary.
>> >
>> > Will this trick work with internal hyperlinks? Or is it really only
>> > intended
>> > for external weblinks?
>> >
>> > I would appreciate any advice or guidance.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Beck
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>