How do I create a form field for an image instead of text?

I am creating a document that allows people to fill in information in several
fields. At the end, I want them to be able to paste an image into the
document. Form fields do not work until you "lock" the document. However,
once you lock the document, people can't modify it by pasting an image into a
picture, for example (tried that). I can't seem to find a field that will
accept an image instead of text or number. Am I missing something, or is
this a limitation of the software?

Charles
Wed Dec 14 10:47:35 CST 2005

I don't have an answer for you but suggest a Google groups search of groups
"microsoft.public.word.*" for the terms picture and form. I know this has
been addressed in the past and I found four pages or postings when I ran
this search.

The following is the link to the search I ran. It all goes on one line in
your browser.
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=&num=10&scoring=r&hl=en&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.word.*&as_usubject=picture+and+form&as_uauthors=&lr=&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=14&as_maxm=12&as_maxy=2005&safe=off
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"Roger Conner" <Roger Conner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am creating a document that allows people to fill in information in
>several
> fields. At the end, I want them to be able to paste an image into the
> document. Form fields do not work until you "lock" the document.
> However,
> once you lock the document, people can't modify it by pasting an image
> into a
> picture, for example (tried that). I can't seem to find a field that will
> accept an image instead of text or number. Am I missing something, or is
> this a limitation of the software?

Charles
Wed Dec 14 10:50:24 CST 2005

Quoting from a 2004 posting of Graham Mayor:

The method suggested at http://www.gmayor.com/SelectFile.htm can be used to
insert images instead of text.

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"Roger Conner" <Roger Conner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A7830A9E-4BE8-42A2-89C6-3D5F0160C1B5@microsoft.com...
>I am creating a document that allows people to fill in information in
>several
> fields. At the end, I want them to be able to paste an image into the
> document. Form fields do not work until you "lock" the document.
> However,
> once you lock the document, people can't modify it by pasting an image
> into a
> picture, for example (tried that). I can't seem to find a field that will
> accept an image instead of text or number. Am I missing something, or is
> this a limitation of the software?

Charles
Wed Dec 14 11:24:01 CST 2005

Another thought would be to have a textformfield with an on-entry macro
that:

1. unprotects your document
2. runs
Application.Dialogs(wdDialogInsertPicture).Show
3. reprotects the document without resetting form fields.

This would let the user browse for the picture. The picture will replace
your field unless you do something to unselect the field. This is probably
what you want.

You could use a macrobutton field instead and probably write code so that
the inserted picture becomes the display for the macrobutton field such that
double clicking on it again would run the macro. This is not something I
care to spend time trying for you, though.
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Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

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"Roger Conner" <Roger Conner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am creating a document that allows people to fill in information in
>several
> fields. At the end, I want them to be able to paste an image into the
> document. Form fields do not work until you "lock" the document.
> However,
> once you lock the document, people can't modify it by pasting an image
> into a
> picture, for example (tried that). I can't seem to find a field that will
> accept an image instead of text or number. Am I missing something, or is
> this a limitation of the software?

Jay
Wed Dec 14 12:36:45 CST 2005

For an example of a template that does something similar to this, download
the form_picture.zip file from http://jay-freedman.info.

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Charles Kenyon wrote:
> Another thought would be to have a textformfield with an on-entry
> macro that:
>
> 1. unprotects your document
> 2. runs
> Application.Dialogs(wdDialogInsertPicture).Show
> 3. reprotects the document without resetting form fields.
>
> This would let the user browse for the picture. The picture will
> replace your field unless you do something to unselect the field.
> This is probably what you want.
>
> You could use a macrobutton field instead and probably write code so
> that the inserted picture becomes the display for the macrobutton
> field such that double clicking on it again would run the macro. This
> is not something I care to spend time trying for you, though.
>
> "Roger Conner" <Roger Conner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:A7830A9E-4BE8-42A2-89C6-3D5F0160C1B5@microsoft.com...
>> I am creating a document that allows people to fill in information in
>> several
>> fields. At the end, I want them to be able to paste an image into
>> the document. Form fields do not work until you "lock" the document.
>> However,
>> once you lock the document, people can't modify it by pasting an
>> image into a
>> picture, for example (tried that). I can't seem to find a field
>> that will accept an image instead of text or number. Am I missing
>> something, or is this a limitation of the software?