Autotext disappears when I lock a 'form'

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claudette

I have a gorgeous form with drop-down list of autotext -
crucial since I'm inserted various legal descriptions.
But, when I lock the form - I'm unable to access
autotext. Please HELP! thanks.
 
Hi Claudette,
I have a gorgeous form with drop-down list of autotext -
crucial since I'm inserted various legal descriptions.
But, when I lock the form - I'm unable to access
autotext
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You can't use AutoText directly in a protected form. Forms
protection only enables form fields, macro buttons, and
things in UNPROTECTED sections.

The AutoText dropdown fields would need to be in an
unprotected section of the form.

OR you'd need to create the drop down list as a form field,
with a macro to insert the AutoText (in a directly adjacent
text field).

OR you could use a macro together with a text field to
display a list of AutoText in a UserForm, and the selected
information would be inserted into the text field.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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