Automatic font change in a protected template

[drose]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I created a document template and then protected it for forms, so that when I open the document, I can start typing in the blanks and tab to the next blank, etc. When I created the document, before protecting it, I set the font for the entire document to Palatino. After protecting the document, the font automatically changes to Monaco for the "fill in the blank" spaces. I have used this form for years and never encountered this issue until upgrading to Word 2008. I have tried modifying the template, but each time I protect it for forms, it automatically switches the font to Monaco. I completely recreated the entire document, with the same result. Help!!

 

[John McGhie]

This is probably a bug. To be sure, I need to know:

What file format is the template in?

What file format is the document in?

What kind of fields are they?

What field codes are in the document?

How many section breaks are in the document?

When you supply all that information, it's most likely we will discover that
the problem is a bug.

It is not doing it here, in Word 2008. The text fields are correctly
holding the format they were set to.

Hope this helps

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I created a document template and then protected it for forms, so that when I
open the document, I can start typing in the blanks and tab to the next blank,
etc. When I created the document, before protecting it, I set the font for the
entire document to Palatino. After protecting the document, the font
automatically changes to Monaco for the "fill in the blank" spaces. I have
used this form for years and never encountered this issue until upgrading to
Word 2008. I have tried modifying the template, but each time I protect it for
forms, it automatically switches the font to Monaco. I completely recreated
the entire document, with the same result. Help!!

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John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:[email protected]

 

[drose]

Thank you for your reply.

The template file format is a Word Template (.dotx). I would then save the document as a Word Document (.docx). The fields are Text Form Fields. (Some forms also include Form Checkboxes - those maintain the Palatino Font, while the Text Form Fields change to Monaco.) There are no section breaks in the document.

Just to be clear, the font for the entire document does not change - only the font in the Text Form Field changes. I have several templates with these fields and they all do the same thing.

 

[John McGhie]

Yes. That's what I thought. On my system, in a .dotx/.docx, the text form
field holds the font that it has been set to.

So this must be another OS 10.5.2-related bug.

Please use Help>Send Feedback to notify Microsoft of the bug (including this
extra information) so you add it to their list to be fixed.

Cheers

Thank you for your reply.

The template file format is a Word Template (.dotx). I would then save the
document as a Word Document (.docx). The fields are Text Form Fields. (Some
forms also include Form Checkboxes - those maintain the Palatino Font, while
the Text Form Fields change to Monaco.) There are no section breaks in the
document.

Just to be clear, the font for the entire document does not change - only the
font in the Text Form Field changes. I have several templates with these
fields and they all do the same thing.

--

Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:[email protected]