Edit Text Form Field via Macro?

[cheriberi]

Is it possible to change the default text of a Text form field via a macro in Word? In most cases, I have a form field that will stay as is. However, in some cases I need to change the default text of the field, but I can't figure out how to do it.

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

This might help

Sub ChangeText()
    Dim ff As FormField
    For Each ff In ActiveDocument.FormFields
        If ff.Name = "Text1" Then
            ff.Result = "different text"
        End If
    Next
End Sub

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[cheriberi]

Your solution works, but there's a catch. It doesn't actually change the default text in the field. So, if I run the macro, what I see in the document will change, but if I lock the document so that I can tab from field to field, what I see will change back to the default text.

 

[SkipVought]

ff.TextInput.Default = "CHANGED DEFAULT"

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[cheriberi]

That's perfect! Thank you so much!


Cheryl