Create Command Button Scripts for Forms "Francis Carr" <kccarr[ at ]earthlink.net> 06.07.2006 12:31:46 I have created some forms in MS Word, and was wondering if command buttons can be created that would allow the user to save the form, print the document and send an email. I understand that there are buttons on the tool bars, but a request has been for it to be embedded in the form. Thanks! KCCARR

Re: Create Command Button Scripts for Forms Cindy M -WordMVP- <C.Meister-C[ at ]hispeed.ch> 06.07.2006 15:03:02 Hi Francis, [Quoted Text] > I have created some forms in MS Word, and was wondering if command buttons > can be created that would allow the user to save the form, print the > document and send an email. I understand that there are buttons on the tool > bars, but a request has been for it to be embedded in the form. > Well, there are the buttons in the Controls Toolbox. These are the same as used in a UserForm (although the available events might differ in some cases). You'd need to insert it in-line with the text so that it's available in a protected form. The other option is to use a MacroButton field. This is actually my preference, as the ActiveX controls tend to behave a bit oddly in a Word document. You can put a graphic in as the "display text" so that it looks like a button. Then run Application.Options.ButtonFieldClicks = 1 so that it reacts to a single (rather then double) click. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

Re: Create Command Button Scripts for Forms "Charles Kenyon" <wordfaq[ at ]nospam.addbalance.com> 06.07.2006 16:15:56 Two additional points to those made by Cindy... What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." This is different from a UserForm which is a custom dialog box. 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. The second point is that what you want to do does involve vba and/or ActiveX controls. These will trigger macro security problems that you will need to address as well. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Francis Carr" <kccarr[ at ]earthlink.net> wrote in message news:%23X9IQhPoGHA.2312[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I have created some forms in MS Word, and was wondering if command buttons >can be created that would allow the user to save the form, print the >document and send an email. I understand that there are buttons on the >tool bars, but a request has been for it to be embedded in the form. > Thanks! > KCCARR >