WD: Form Field Duplicated When Form Is Protected After Revisions
Article ID: 119867
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q119867
SYMPTOMS
A duplicate form field appears when you edit a form field if the Mark
Revisions While Editing option is activated (Track Changes in Word 97). If
the document is protected for Forms, two fields may appear in your
protected form. This behavior occurs when you have not accepted or rejected
the revisions prior to protecting the form.
If you are marking your revisions for deleted text using hidden formatting
instead of strikethrough formatting, when you protect the form, the
insertion point disappears when you press the TAB key and move to the
duplicate field. It reappears when you start typing, but you cannot enter
text into this form field.
CAUSE
When you select Mark Revisions While Editing and revision marks are turned
on (Track Changes and Highlight Changes are turned on in Word 97), any text
or fields in your document that are modified are displayed as
revised. For example, when you edit (or open) the form field options, your
original field is deleted and a new field is created. This
behavior is identical to marking revised text or other fields in Word
documents.
WORKAROUND
Prior to protecting your form, accept or reject your revisions. To locate
this option, choose Revisions from the Tools menu.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft
Word for Windows listed above. We are researching this problem and will
post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available.
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