atw: Re: Fill-in field shading Word 03
- From: Jasmine Andrews <jasminethetrainer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:24:29 +1000
No they're not text form fields. In the list of field types, they are listed
as Fill-in Fields. I have never used this type before. When you open a new
document based on the template, you get a series of pop-up prompts asking
for the text to enter into the fields. When all fields have been entered,
the document displays with the text from the pop-ups. I think they have been
chosen to enforce users to enter data into every required field as you
cannot get to the document without entering something (though there is
always a way around this...).
2009/6/10 Margaret Hassall <Margaret.Hassall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> There are a lot of different types of fill-in fields – I’m assuming these
> are text form fields.
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> On the Forms toolbar, there is an icon like an “a” with shading – this
> toggles the shading on and off the form fields.
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> To toggle this with VBA you need to use:
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> If ActiveDocument.FormFields.*Shaded* = True
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> ActiveDocument.FormFields.*Shaded* = false
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> End
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> Cheers,
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> Margaret
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, 10 June 2009 3:24 PM
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> *Subject:* atw: Fill-in field shading Word 03
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>
> Hi
>
> Someone has passed a template to me to remove the field shading from
> fill-in fields.
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> They want it to show on-screen, but not in the printed form as it obscures
> the field contents when faxed.
>
> I have not used fill-in fields before and am stumped with this one. From
> everything I have read on-line and in my books, this should be something
> that has to specifically be switched on to behave in this way. I have tried
> switching everything off and on but nothing seems to work.
>
> I don't know VBA but I had a peek at the code for the template and couldn't
> see anything obvious. (If anyone knows of a good resource for learning VBA
> for Word please let me know. I already have 'Word Hacks' but it is more a
> compilation of tips.)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Jasmine
>
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