Editing forms in Word 2007
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From: WPL513 on 1 Jul 2008 15:58 I have a form that was created in Word 2003 (includes check-boxes, drop-down menus, etc.) for customers to use. I would like to add a link/button at the bottom of this one-page form, which would pull up another page of the same form in the same document. This would be useful for customers who need to fill out more than one form. Then, when it is emailed back to me as an attachment, there would be multiple forms in one document. Is something like this even remotely possible?
From: TonyK on 2 Jul 2008 07:16 Hi If you are familiar with writing basic macros you could write one to insert a "page break" and the "insert" a copy of the form by choosing "insert" followed by "file". Hope this helps. ------- TonyK "WPL513" wrote: > I have a form that was created in Word 2003 (includes check-boxes, drop-down > menus, etc.) for customers to use. I would like to add a link/button at the > bottom of this one-page form, which would pull up another page of the same > form in the same document. This would be useful for customers who need to > fill out more than one form. Then, when it is emailed back to me as an > attachment, there would be multiple forms in one document. Is something like > this even remotely possible?
From: Graham Mayor on 2 Jul 2008 07:54 If only it was that simple :( For a start you cannot insert a file copy of a document into itself. You could save the extra page as a building blocks entry in the document template, but you would have to unlock the form in order to insert the building block entry, and then you have the issue that any duplicated fields will not have a bookmark name (as bookmarks cannot be duplicated) so any part of the form that requires the bookmark name will not work, unless the macro selects the individual form fields and names them. Then you have to take the user to the next field to be filled, before relocking the form to allow it to be completed. Then you have the additional problem of distributing a form with macros and building blocks (which cannot be stored in a document) for the users to use, without disabling the extra functions you have just provided. -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> TonyK wrote: > Hi > If you are familiar with writing basic macros you could write one to > insert a "page break" and the "insert" a copy of the form by choosing > "insert" followed by "file". > Hope this helps. > ------- > TonyK > > > "WPL513" wrote: > >> I have a form that was created in Word 2003 (includes check-boxes, >> drop-down menus, etc.) for customers to use. I would like to add a >> link/button at the bottom of this one-page form, which would pull up >> another page of the same form in the same document. This would be >> useful for customers who need to fill out more than one form. Then, >> when it is emailed back to me as an attachment, there would be >> multiple forms in one document. Is something like this even >> remotely possible?
From: TonyK on 2 Jul 2008 08:12
Hi Graham You are technically correct in that you cannot inseret the document into itself. What you would do is insert a copy of the original template (which I have just tested - and it works). You would need to include in your template code to move to the second table and then protect for filling in forms. Hope this makes it clearer. Happy to provide a quick demo if needed. -- TonyK "Graham Mayor" wrote: > If only it was that simple :( > > For a start you cannot insert a file copy of a document into itself. > > You could save the extra page as a building blocks entry in the document > template, but you would have to unlock the form in order to insert the > building block entry, and then you have the issue that any duplicated fields > will not have a bookmark name (as bookmarks cannot be duplicated) so any > part of the form that requires the bookmark name will not work, unless the > macro selects the individual form fields and names them. Then you have to > take the user to the next field to be filled, before relocking the form to > allow it to be completed. > > Then you have the additional problem of distributing a form with macros and > building blocks (which cannot be stored in a document) for the users to use, > without disabling the extra functions you have just provided. > > -- > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP > > My web site www.gmayor.com > Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > > > TonyK wrote: > > Hi > > If you are familiar with writing basic macros you could write one to > > insert a "page break" and the "insert" a copy of the form by choosing > > "insert" followed by "file". > > Hope this helps. > > ------- > > TonyK > > > > > > "WPL513" wrote: > > > >> I have a form that was created in Word 2003 (includes check-boxes, > >> drop-down menus, etc.) for customers to use. I would like to add a > >> link/button at the bottom of this one-page form, which would pull up > >> another page of the same form in the same document. This would be > >> useful for customers who need to fill out more than one form. Then, > >> when it is emailed back to me as an attachment, there would be > >> multiple forms in one document. Is something like this even > >> remotely possible? > > > |