Harold Fuchs wrote:
Cor,
You said:
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This behaviour is as it should be ....
In MsOffice, certain from fields can be used to imput data, by tabbing
from one field to another. Therefore the form has to be protected ...
Thus if you open the documentn in OOo, it is still protected.
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Sorry, but I really don't understand the "therefore" in the middle of
that. The word "therefore" means that there is a cause and effect
relationship. Why does being able to input data by tabbing from one
field to another mean that the form has to be protected?
When I *unprotect* the form by unchecking the "Write Protected" boxes
under Format/Sections, I can fill in the form by tabbing from one
field to another. This seems completely to contradict your "therefore".
Or have I misunderstood something?
Regards, Harold
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The problem, as I see it, is that MSOffice and OOo may treat forms
differently. In OOo, when you have a form, you create or modify it in
"Form Design" mode, which makes the form editable (read: not
write-protected), and when you go to use the form to enter or display
data, Form Design mode must be turned off, making the form
"write-protected", in a sense. MSO, apparently, does it differently, by
making a kind of write protection for the form, that OOo can see and
interpret, but which has the desired effect only in MSO. Perhaps in
OOo, when any form or control is encountered in a Word document (or
other MSO doc) by the input filter, we need to consider it a "form", and
not write-protect it.
Hope this explanation is helpful
Matt Needles
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