Run a macro with the following commands on exit from the text field (assumed
to be a FormField as used in a protected document
With ActiveDocument
If Trim(.FormFields("BookmarknameofTextFieldthatmaybeEmpty").Result) =
"" Then
.Unprotect
.FormFields("BookmarknameofTextFieldthatmaybeEmpty").Range.Paragraphs(1).Range.Delete
.Protect wdAllowOnlyFormFields
End If
End With
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