why can't i type in plain text control boxes?

[Fiona]

I am building a template in Word 2007. In the content controls I have the
option of using rich text or plain text. When I choose the plain text and
protect the document to filling in forms I can not type in the content
control box. Yet when I use Rich text I can't tab over to the next content
control box as it tabs within the control box. All I want to be able to do
is type in the control box and be able to tab to the next.

 

[Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com]

Did you by any chance set the text controls so they cannot be edited? Undo
that and you should be able to tab from text control to text control with or
without protection (well, once the cursor is in one of then).

Pam

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word 2007 content controls are designed to be used with the form
unprotected. If you want to have a protected form and tab between the
fields, use the legacy form fields, to which end you will find -
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Classic Form Controls.htm useful.

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[Jay Freedman]

Also, if you use a Rich Text content control, there is no way to use
the tab key to exit from it. That's the point of Rich Text -- a tab
character is a valid character, just as in regular body text.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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