How can I limit the fields where users enter text on a template t.

[charles]

I have created a template, and when a user opens a document based on my
template, I do not want them to be able to change basic elements of what they
see. How can I "lock" my template, so that all a user can do is enter the
necessary information required to complete the form?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have created a template, and when a user opens a document based on
my template, I do not want them to be able to change basic elements
of what they see. How can I "lock" my template, so that all a user
can do is enter the necessary information required to complete the
form?

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm and the "Please
Fill Out This Form" articles linked from that page.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.