Radio buttons on microsoft word

[jianhua]

Hi,
I'm creating form fields on a microsoft word document and I want to protect the document so that users can only fill in the form fields, and not change anything on the document. What I'm doing is: create form fields via form tools (view --> toolbars --> forms) and then protect the document via password (tools --> protect document). So far it works well. The problem I have now is that I need radio buttons, too and there is no radio button for the forms tools. If I create the frames and then insert the radio buttons to this frame (I need several groups of the radio buttons) via Control ToolBox (view --> toolbars --> control toolbox), "Protect Document" does not work for me. It becomes inactive...

Any suggestions?

jianhua

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

I created a document with 2 text form fields and 2 option buttons (not in a frame)

I protected the document and was able to toggle the option buttons as well as put text in the form fields.

Word 2000

???

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[jianhua]

Word 2002

Try to close the file and re-open it to see whether the "protect document" is active and the radio buttons work...

I tested for several times. Before I closed the file, it worked, but once I closed the file, it messed up.

 

[SkipVought]

I see what you mean. In fact you cannot UNPROTECT the document or form.

Is this another case of

Big Bill Behaving Badly?

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