Microsoft MVP (Word) since 1999 Fairhope, Alabama USA Screen shots captured with TechSmith's Snagit UserForm, but creating one of those does require some familiarity with VBA, whereas anyone can create MacroButton fields (just pressĬtrl+F9 and type in the content). Tab to advance from one field to another, but, if the document doesn't contain other fields, you can use Unlike a document with legacy form fields, this template/document doesn't have to be protected for forms, and unlike a template/document with content controls, you don't have a lot of visual clutter. You can click anywhere in that text, and it will all be selected so that (provided you have 'Typing replaces selection' enabled, which it is by default), what you type will replace the field, becoming ordinary text. So the way this works is that you put in this MacroButton field: The beauty of it is that, as with any other field, when youĬlick in it, the entire field is selected and will be overwritten by whatever is typed. The construction of these is described atīut the bottom line is that a MacroButton field is intended to run a macro when double-clicked, but if you name a macro that doesn't exist (NoMacro), then it doesn't do anything except sit there. There are numerous ways to create fillable forms, but to me the simplest method for this type of document (and one that will work in any version of Word) is the use of MacroButton NoMacro fields. A document (.docx) based on the template will start out with the blanks you have created and will have to be saved under a new name, leaving the template untouched. dotm) and store in the folder for User Templates will be available from Word'sįile | New tab (under Personal or Custom). Any document you save as a template (.dotx or.

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