Control Toolbox controls revert to Design mode in Word 2000

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Lee

Hello,

I have a form that uses check boxes to make things easier
on my users. Problem is, whenever anyone opens this
shared document, Word reverts to DESIGN mode so they can't
click on anything. I have to talk them through getting
OUT of design mode first to be able to use it.

Is there a way to get Word to open this thing in NORMAL
mode instead of DESIGN mode so they can just click on the
checkboxes?

Any help would be great!
 
Not sure how to force it to open in normal view instead of Design mode, you
might want to take a look at the following link. You will be much better
served using the formfields on the Forms Toolbar instead of the Control
Toolbox (unless you are running macros from those controls). The Forms
toolbar has textboxes, check boxes, dropdown boxes, etc., with the ability
to change a variety of properties on them.

Look this over (including the Dian Chapman tutorials):

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
 
Hi, Lee,

Word doesn't have a good solution for check boxes in documents that
have to go to different PCs. Here are the choices:

1. Check boxes from the Control Toolbox (what you have) are really
ActiveX controls, and for security purposes Word classes them the same
as macros. When a user has their macro security level set to High,
macros and ActiveX controls are silently disabled. This is what causes
Word to open in Design mode. You may be able to use this solution if
you digitally sign the document. Otherwise, instruct users to set the
security level to Medium (in Tools > Macro > Security) and enable
macros when opening the document.

2. Check boxes from the Forms toolbar don't have any security
problems, but they require the document to be "protected for forms"
(on the Tools > Protect Document dialog) and this has a whole raft of
disadvantages of its own. For example, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm.

3. You can use the combination of MacroButton fields, AutoText, and
macros from the Fax templates, as Greg Maxey describes at
http://home.cfl.rr.com/gmaxeyword/add_check_boxes.htm. This also
requires the users to set their security level at Medium and enable
macros when opening the document.
 
I realized I forgot one. There's also a check box on the Web Tools toolbar.
Like the ones on the Control Toolbox, they trigger the macro warning on
opening the document if the security level is set to Medium, or force Design
Mode if the level is High.

Also, I believe digital signing of documents, as opposed to signing just
macro projects, was first introduced in Word 2002. It isn't available in
Word 2000.
 
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