No, I defined the text form field from the form menu. I then went to the insert menu and went to symbol, chaged the font in the symbol pop-up and then selected the tick, clicked on shortcut key, the customise keyboard popup appears, I click in the press new shortcut key box and it assigns the tick to alt i. The correct symbol appears in the symbol box to the right. I the select the document name in the "save changes in" box. I then click on the assign key. To check that everything is OK I test alt I and the tick shows up in the box in the document. I then lock the document with a password, and try again. Nothing happens -----Original Message----- From: Dian Chapman [mailto:dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2003 8:45 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Problem with Symbol in Protected form Okay...I'll assume you DEFINED it by recording a macro? Some things don't work in forms due to the protection. So you have to = get around it by very quickly having the doc unlocked, enter the info and = relock the doc to continue. This happens so quickly, users won't notice.=20 So here's what you'll have to do...take the code below and add it to = your macros. If you don't know how to do this...you'll have to read this = TechTrax article called Sharing Macros, which will explain how it must be done. Sharing Macros http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=3D166 Once you have this new macro created...you can *call* it just BEFORE and just AFTER the insert macro you created.=20 In other words, say you click Tools/Macro/Macro, highlight your = InsertSymbol macro you created, click Edit and see code similar to the following... Sub InsertSymbol() Selection.InsertSymbol Font:=3D"Wingdings", = CharacterNumber:=3D-4041, _ Unicode:=3DTrue End Sub Then you'll create a new macro with the code below, which will be called ToggleDocLock. So you'll need to CALL this one before/after the other = code. The final code for the above macro you created should NOW look something like this... Sub InsertSymbol() ToggleDocLock Selection.InsertSymbol Font:=3D"Wingdings", = CharacterNumber:=3D-4041, _ Unicode:=3DTrue ToggleDocLock End Sub ------------------------ Sub ToggleDocLock() If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType =3D wdAllowOnlyFormFields Then ActiveDocument.Unprotect 'Password:=3D"password" add/change if pass = wanted Else ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=3DwdAllowOnlyFormFields, = NoReset:=3DTrue End If End Sub=20 ------------------------ NOTE...be sure you max out this email if you retype the code, since a wrapped like typed incorrectly will cause an error. Hope this helps! Dian Chapman Technical Consultant & Microsoft MVP Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Free Tutorial site: http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html Free Support Ezine: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax/ =20 -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On = Behalf Of Sewell, Fred Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 5:11 PM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' I have defined a symbol using the wingdings font (through insert symbol, assigned a shortcut key alt I. I use it to fill in a text form field. = When I test it without the document being protected, it works. When I protect = the document the alt I doesn't work -----Original Message----- From: Dian Chapman [mailto:dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, 7 April 2003 23:26 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Problem with Symbol in Protected form I don't quite understand what you mean by "inserting a tick" with =3D Alt/I????? Alt/I simple opens the Insert menu???? Are you attempting to add a symbol??? Are you actually using Form Fields (from the Forms Toolbar) or are you = =3D using Fill-in fields? (Insert/Field). Or are you using ActiveX controls (from Control Toolbox toolbar)??? Since there are THREE ways to create forms, with those objects mentioned above...you need to supply more details before we can help. You may also want to check out the pile of free tutorials I've written related to forms in Word. See = www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms=3D20 Dian Chapman Technical Consultant & Microsoft MVP Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Free Tutorial site: http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html Free Support Ezine: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax/ =3D20 -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =3D = Behalf Of Sewell, Fred Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 1:59 AM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' I am using Word 97, but the problem also occurs in Word 2002. If I =3D = create a form and setup a field that I want users to use <alt i> to insert a = =3D tick, it all works well until I protect the document. I have selected fill-in =3D enabled in the text form field options. when the user presses <alt i>, nothing is inserted. The user can enter = =3D other characters in the filed (ie Normal text) > Fred Sewell > IT Manager > Moriah College > Queens Park Road Bondi Junction NSW 1355 Phone: (02)93873555 Fax: (02)93873490 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = =3D or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to =3D = mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. 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