form fields showing "form text" instead of values

A

Arget

A guy called us here at tech support and I'm stumped by this one.
Someone sent him a Word doc wih some form fields, which are supposed
to be pre-populated with values and the document is password
protected.

When he prints this document all the text fields print out as they're
supposed to. However, on screen, word shows each of them as saying
simply "form text" instead of the actual value they hold.

He mailed the files here and they look fine on our copies of Word, and
so far we haven't been able to duplicate his issueto find out what
option he needs to adjust. anyone have any ideas? Many TIA!
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

This toggle may be unavailable in a protected form, but the form, when
opened, inherits the settings in the parent window (the window it is opened
from), so toggle the display of fields before opening the form.
 

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