Tables, protected forms and fields

I am creating identical forms on a single document using Word tables and
fields. I fill in one table and three more forms are filled in automatically
with the same data. I've protected the document, except for the initial form
that I fill in. While the document is unprotected, I'm putting in fields and
referencing them back to the source form. However, one cell is not accepting
the field. When I try navigating to this cell by tabbing to it, it skips this
cell. Is this cell haunted? 8-0

The usual way to do this would be to use form fields in the initial form and
REF fields (referring to the bookmarks of the form fields) in the rest (see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm). Is that what you're doing? If
you set each of the form fields to "Calculate on exit," the REF fields are
updated automatically.

If the document is unprotected and you can't access a given cell in a table,
it might be that the paragraph formatting is the issue. Select that cell
along with adjacent ones and go to Format | Paragraph. Make sure the
alignment is Left and there are no indents.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"XKath" wrote in message
...
I am creating identical forms on a single document using Word tables and
fields. I fill in one table and three more forms are filled in
automatically
with the same data. I've protected the document, except for the initial
form
that I fill in. While the document is unprotected, I'm putting in fields
and
referencing them back to the source form. However, one cell is not
accepting
the field. When I try navigating to this cell by tabbing to it, it skips
this
cell. Is this cell haunted? 8-0

I did all that,. I replicated all the steps in the other cells. It just
won't let me inset the REF field into two cells.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual way to do this would be to use form fields in the initial form and
REF fields (referring to the bookmarks of the form fields) in the rest (see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm). Is that what you're doing? If
you set each of the form fields to "Calculate on exit," the REF fields are
updated automatically.

If the document is unprotected and you can't access a given cell in a table,
it might be that the paragraph formatting is the issue. Select that cell
along with adjacent ones and go to Format | Paragraph. Make sure the
alignment is Left and there are no indents.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"XKath" wrote in message
...
I am creating identical forms on a single document using Word tables and
fields. I fill in one table and three more forms are filled in
automatically
with the same data. I've protected the document, except for the initial
form
that I fill in. While the document is unprotected, I'm putting in fields
and
referencing them back to the source form. However, one cell is not
accepting
the field. When I try navigating to this cell by tabbing to it, it skips
this
cell. Is this cell haunted? 8-0

If you'd like to send me the problem document, I'll take a look. Be sure to
describe the problem in your cover email.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"XKath" wrote in message
...
I did all that,. I replicated all the steps in the other cells. It just
won't let me inset the REF field into two cells.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual way to do this would be to use form fields in the initial form
and
REF fields (referring to the bookmarks of the form fields) in the rest
(see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm). Is that what you're
doing? If
you set each of the form fields to "Calculate on exit," the REF fields
are
updated automatically.

If the document is unprotected and you can't access a given cell in a
table,
it might be that the paragraph formatting is the issue. Select that cell
along with adjacent ones and go to Format | Paragraph. Make sure the
alignment is Left and there are no indents.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"XKath" wrote in message
...
I am creating identical forms on a single document using Word tables
and
fields. I fill in one table and three more forms are filled in
automatically
with the same data. I've protected the document, except for the
initial
form
that I fill in. While the document is unprotected, I'm putting in
fields
and
referencing them back to the source form. However, one cell is not
accepting
the field. When I try navigating to this cell by tabbing to it, it
skips
this
cell. Is this cell haunted? 8-0