I created the attached MS Word form. The people I am sending this form to are experiencing an issue. Some people can fill out the form just fine, being able to select the option buttons. Others cannot get the option buttons to work. Though I am the creator of the form, I myself cannot get the radial buttons to work once I take form out of Control Toolkit edit mode AND protect the document. If I don
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Option buttons on form (all)
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AskWoody LoungerJanuary 25, 2007 at 7:05 pm #439096Viewing 0 reply threadsAuthorReplies-
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AskWoody LoungerJanuary 25, 2007 at 7:11 pm #1048494I’m using a PC with Word 2002 at the moment. I can use the option buttons even if the document is protected for forms. Perhaps it’s different in Word 2003.
You now have a form text field from the Forms toolbar for Procurement Employee. You can replace this with a form dropdown field. When you have inserted the dropdown field (while the document is unprotected, of course), double click it to add names to the list.
You could also replace each group of option buttons with a form dropdown list with items “Did not meet expectations”, etc. That should work on all PC’s.
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