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Text box in a Word template
I want to insert a text box from the forms toolbar into a template (.dot)
file. When I do this, I unprotect my document and add the text field. Then I protect the document again. This is OK execept there is nothing to indicate to the user what to type into that field; it is just blank until the user clicks there. I would like to provide the user with some indication of what to type in the field-- for example [enter date here]. Once he type there the message should get replaced with what he types. Any ideas? Thanks, Stanley |
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Text box in a Word template
You can type default text into a text form field. Double-click on the field
to open the Text Form Field Options dialog and type the desired default text. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Stanley" wrote in message ... I want to insert a text box from the forms toolbar into a template (.dot) file. When I do this, I unprotect my document and add the text field. Then I protect the document again. This is OK execept there is nothing to indicate to the user what to type into that field; it is just blank until the user clicks there. I would like to provide the user with some indication of what to type in the field-- for example [enter date here]. Once he type there the message should get replaced with what he types. Any ideas? Thanks, Stanley |
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Text box in a Word template
With the template unprotected, double-click the text field or click
the Properties button on the Forms toolbar. The top right item in the dialog is "Default text", which is for exactly the purpose you stated. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 08:14:01 -0700, Stanley wrote: I want to insert a text box from the forms toolbar into a template (.dot) file. When I do this, I unprotect my document and add the text field. Then I protect the document again. This is OK execept there is nothing to indicate to the user what to type into that field; it is just blank until the user clicks there. I would like to provide the user with some indication of what to type in the field-- for example [enter date here]. Once he type there the message should get replaced with what he types. Any ideas? Thanks, Stanley |
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