In MS Word, you place the input fields in a write protected section. So if OO works the same way, you would have to create a Write Protected section and put the input fields inside that section.
I gave it a shot, but I am brand new to OO, so I don't know how to display the section I inserted in order to see what is inside the section vs. what is outside the section. Jim Driggers On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 18:32 -0700, NoOp wrote: > On 07/13/2007 01:20 PM, NoOp wrote: > > On 07/13/2007 07:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Thank you! This worked by great by customizing the keyboard with > >> your instructions. > > > > Cool! Glad it worked. Can we now claim that the Savannah PD use OOo? > > :-) > > > > One other point; I found when importing a MS Doc with fill-in fields > > that sometimes a field may not get marked as a bookmark. If you run > > into this problem, you can easily fix it by going to the start of the > > fill-in and Insert|Bookmark. That will then create a bookmark for the > > fill-in. > > > > Gary > > > >> > >> You can assign certain keys to various functions. For this test > >> we'll assign F4 (instead of Tab) to move between the fill-in > >> fields. Try this on one of your templates/forms: > >> > >> 1. Select Tools|Customize|Keyboard > >> > >> Category Function Navigate > >> To Next Bookmark > >> > >> 2. Now in Shortcut keys section scroll up and click on 'F4' 3. > >> Click the 'Modify' button then 'OK' > >> > >> Now in your form if you press F4 you will go to the next fill-in > >> field. You can also set a key to go back to the previous bookmark > >> etc. Note: don't both with Next Input Field etc as that will bring > >> up the field text editor rather than moving you to the next > >> bookmark. > >> > > > Apologies for tagging on to my previous response to Debbie, however in > working with the form that she sent to me I've discovered some > interesting behavior when importing from a MS Word doc w/input fields, > and also run into a problem that I can't figure out (yet:-). Hopefully > someone on the list will have some suggestions. > > Background/situation for navigation: > > When working with an 'input field' form in MS Word (I tested with MSO > 2003 Word) you can easily Tab between the input fields (IF). An example > of such a form is available here: > http://www.customs.govt.nz/library/form/C+Forms/default.htm > download and open the 'Ship Inward Report' document: > <http://www.customs.govt.nz/nr/rdonlyres/af900edf-a296-450a-a78b-d3f190e234b7/0/formc1new.doc> > Note: Debbie sent a typical form from her police department that I am > working with, but the NZ Customs form will work just as well for testing. > In MSO 2003 Word you can also use the Right arrow key to move between > the IF and the Left arrow key to move back to the previous. > > I found that the Right and Left arrow keys can be programed in OOo 2.2.1 > (linux and Windows) and 2.3dev (linux - I don't have 2.3dev installed on > Windows so I can't test) to do the same via Tools|Customize|Keyboard, > but of course you need to replace the defaults to do this. Interestingly > enough I found that on the Ubuntu'ized (linux) version of OO 2.2.0, this > Right/Left arrow key navigation works exactly as in MSO. Hopefully one > day all the distro's will publish diff's so that we can figure out it all. > > New problem: > > The MSO Word forms that Debbie's police department uses are protected so > that the person filling out the forms do not alter any of the text > outside of the IF. I expect that this is reasonable and quite common. > MSO Word has a nice feature whereby you can protect the document but > allow IF input. I suspect/hope that OOo has a similar feature, but for > the life of me I can't find it. I've searched the Writer Guide and other > OOo documents and still can't figure out how to do it. > Can anyone offer suggestions on how this can be accomplished? I'm sure > that others making a MSO conversion to OOo must have run across this > previously. > > Note: please use the NZ Customs form/doc formc1new.doc as a base test > document so that there is a common test doc. Take that MSO doc, open in > 2.2.1 and protect the doc so that text outside of the IF's can not be > changed. Example: > > Name of ship > > should be protected and not changeable by the user filling out the form, > but the user should be able to enter information in the IF just to the > right of 'Name of ship'. Checkboxes such as: "Crew list sent > electronically" should also be able to be check by mouse (or even some > programed key combination. > > So, little help here... Perhaps if we can figure this out we can help > Debbie's PD convert to OOo, not to mention other's that face a similar > situation. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
