The Forms toolbar inserts controls in what Word calls an "online form."
Check this in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm.
Online forms are much simpler than ActiveX controls, both in use and in
underlying structure. If you can structure what you are doing as an online
form, you are almost certainly going to be happier. On the other hand, with
your programming experience you should also probably be looking into
UserForms (custom dialog boxes).
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm These are much more
flexible and powerful.
Before you do much programming in Word, make sure you understand the basic
structure (Word model) in action. Learn about templates, styles, replace,
AutoText and AutoCorrect. These features are very powerful and will enable
you to do much of what you want. If you don't know how they work, you will
spend time reinventing the wheel and they may even work against you. When
you are programming, use the range object rather than the selection object
when you can. It speeds up your processes and also keeps the screen from
jumping around. If you are changing the user interface, be very conscious of
the customization context, otherwise you'll write something that your users
will regard with about as much warmth as a virus (flu or computer).
Hope this helps,
--
Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
http://addbalance.com/word
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide
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