> For the way you're using it, there's no practical difference between a
> NoMacro-type MacroButton field and an unprotected text form field.
> There won't be any problems either way.
>
> The form field is _intended_ to be used in a protected document (read
> about it at
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22. In
> much the same sense, a MacroButton field is _intended_ to launch a
> macro. Either one can be used in an unintended manner, for which I'd
> say they're equivalent.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
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> On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:41:41 -0500, "Amy Blankenship"
> <Amy_nospam[ at ]magnoliamultimedia.com> wrote:
>
>>I didn't protect my document, and I haven't noticed any ill effects. What
>>sorts of problems should I be seeing in my unprotected document that I'm
>>not?
>>
>>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message
>>news:OOaEEI0tGHA.1284[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Amy,
>>>
>>> Don't try to use the Insert > Field dialog for this. Just type the field
>>> code as plain text into the document, such as
>>>
>>> MACROBUTTON NoMacro [Click here and type name]
>>>
>>> Select that text and press Ctrl+F9. That adds the field braces around
>>> it.
>>> Then press F9, or right-click it and select Update Field, to get the
>>> collapsed form.
>>>
>>> And you don't need any actual macro -- that's the point of typing
>>> "NoMacro" in the field. The idea is that the field does nothing when the
>>> user clicks it, except that it all becomes selected.
>>>
>>> The advantage of this over a text field is that in order to use a text
>>> field you have to protect the document for forms. That imposes all kinds
>>> of restrictions -- any part of the document that isn't a form field
>>> can't
>>> be edited. When you use a MacroButton field, there are no restrictions
>>> on
>>> the rest of the document.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Jay Freedman
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http://word.mvps.org>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>>> newsgroup
>>> so all may benefit.
>>>
>>> Amy Blankenship wrote:
>>>> I haven't been able to find any difference between this and a regular
>>>> text field (i.e. when you click the text field the default text goes
>>>> away and no trace of the original field seems to exist in the
>>>> document). When I tried to insert a MacroButton field, it
>>>> automatically selected the first macro on the list and did not seem
>>>> to offer a way to type in the name of a nonexistent macro. I didn't
>>>> want to add an empty macro named NoMacro, because many people get
>>>> prompted when they try to view a doc with macros, and they think
>>>> you're being sneaky.
>>>> Are there any disadvantages to just using a text field instead?
>>>>
>>>> -Amy
>>>>
>>>> "Charles Kenyon" <wordfaq[ at ]nospam.addbalance.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:Op9aa3ztGHA.1284[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> See
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/fields.htm#MacroButton,>>>>>
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm and
>>>>>
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm for
>>>>> more about macrobutton fields.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> 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!
>>>>>
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>>>>> from my ignorance and your wisdom.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Amy Blankenship" <Amy_nospam[ at ]magnoliamultimedia.com> wrote in
>>>>> message news:emnBxKztGHA.5056[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> I'm not sure what you call it in a template where MS has included
>>>>>> text <Click here to enter your name> or whatever, that when you
>>>>>> click it the default text goes away and the new text replaces it,
>>>>>> but I'd like to do that in a custom template. Since I don't know
>>>>>> what it is, I don't know how to look for it in the help. Anyone
>>>>>> know what that's called? TIA;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Amy
>>>
>>>
>>