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Client has Word XP running on Windows XP. Her document was done in Word 2000. It is a standard form with fields and document is protected. Since the form is...

In Word 2007, I have a form with fields. I have the user enter a date in Field1 and then want Field2 to do certain things based on whether the date in Field1...

I am trying to create a form field with default text so when the user fills it out the text disappears. The problem is that my default text is much longer than...

When preparing a protected form, how can I get the cursor to go from field to field in the order I wish? I thought it would go in the order in which I...

I have 84 columns of excel data to enter into a mail merge document. Why are the fields being dropped after the 30th column? I am using Word 2003 - is there a...

Is it at all possible to create a double drop down from field .... I am trying to create a drop down that will narrow the choices to the second drop...

I am building a form that has mulitple fields, some are short fields (date, time,etc.) others are narrative. When I protect the form to try out the fields I...

I am not a new Word user but a new user to Word 2007. I have created forms in Word 2003, put in the fields and locked them. I cannot find how to now create...

I have a document with form fields for entering text. I can type and the field will expand to accomodate my text. I can format the text with bold, italic,...

Help! I have a template with form fields. When I start a new document from the template and put in text in the prompt boxes the document ends up like...

I'm obviously not a Word superuser, so hopefully this question is not too silly. I just upgraded to Office 2007, and am a little lost with the new...

A guy called us here at tech support and I'm stumped by this one. Someone sent him a Word doc wih some form fields, which are supposed to be pre-populated with...

I would like to set up a fill in form for questions or comments on a web page (created using Word) that by clicking 'submit' the form automatically gets sent...

I have this site that I often visit that opens to a form and I need to input First name---------------tab Second name--------------tab etc etc before I can...

What is the best way to format cue text in paper forms, like this: Question text: __________________________ (cue for answer) (the text...

I cannot find "form options" on my ribbon. (WORD 2007)

I am new at creating forms with Word. I have created a form that I need but when I enter text in one form field, the next fields move further down...

I've created a form, but I was wondering if there was a way to customize the "tab position" of the text form fields. Right now when we press "Tab", the cursor...

In Word 93 there used to be an Insert text for forms as well as an Insert check box. I am now using Word 97 with Vista and I can't find these commands. When I...

I am using the Form toolbox and have added Text Form Fields and formatted to Currency. I then want the bottom field to calculate the total. I thought it...