How does Protect tool in Form Toolbar function in Word 2003?

[JP Rems]

In Word 2000, turning on the Protect tool on the Forms toolbar will delete
all data from the fields of the form. This does not occur as far as I can
tell in 2003. Where is the tutorial guidance for Forms creation?

Thanks.

JP

 

[Doug Robbins]

In earlier versions of Word, you will need to use a macro to re-invoke
protection without deleting the data from the formfields. The command is

ActiveDocument.Protect NoReset

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That is correct. Using the padlock button on the Forms toolbar does not
reset the form in Word 2002 or 2003. Using the Tools | Protect Document
command does. For help on forms, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.