Creating areas for editing "Dan" <nospamdvalenti54[ at ]hotmail.com> 1/4/2006 5:20:29 PM I want to create a word document where i want only certain areas to be allowed to edit. Like a form where i would have a line that said Name and then next to it will be a gray highlighted area that the user can write in and not be able to change anything else. How do i do this? I seen this in some other word docs but cant figure out how they do it. tia

Re: Creating areas for editing "Dawn Crosier" <dlc110161[ at ]hotmail.com> 1/4/2006 7:18:41 PM They used the Forms toolbar to create fill-in areas. Then they protected the document. There is a series of tutorials which should help get you started. Go to this page - about half way down, look for the series called "Please Fill Out This Form" http://www.mousetrax.com/TechPage.html#autoforms - pay particular attention to Parts 1 through 4. You can skip 5 until you decide you want to take the answers and populate a database. Have Fun! -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well. "Dan" <nospamdvalenti54[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OUl%23pMVEGHA.1368[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I want to create a word document where i want only certain areas to >be allowed to edit. Like a form where i would have a line that said >Name and then next to it will be a gray highlighted area that the >user can write in and not be able to change anything else. How do i >do this? I seen this in some other word docs but cant figure out how >they do it. > > tia >

Re: Creating areas for editing "Klaus Linke" <info[ at ]fotosatz-kaufmann.de> 1/4/2006 7:22:51 PM Hi Dan, Which version? One possibility that works in older versions is a protected form. I guess that is what you have seen. You insert some text form fields, and then protect the document (or the section) for forms. For some tutorials, see Charles Kenyon's list: http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms There's lots of stuff you can do with forms, such as restricting or validating input, setting the tab order, ... In 2003, you can (multiple) select the areas that can be edited, using the Ctrl key. Then you can protect the rest against editing changes from the "Protect Document" task pane. That's simpler, but not so powerful. Regards, Klaus "Dan" <nospamdvalenti54[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I want to create a word document where i want only certain areas to be >allowed to edit. Like a form where i would have a line that said Name and >then next to it will be a gray highlighted area that the user can write in >and not be able to change anything else. How do i do this? I seen this in >some other word docs but cant figure out how they do it. > > tia