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I'm not sure if I've named this question exactly right. I have a Word document in which all of the components (drop-downs, checkboxes, etc) are in some sort of a design mode. By that I mean when you select them they open up to dialog rather than actually displaying the contents..
So, all I want to do is get out of this mode. I've Googled how to get into and out of Design Mode - go to Developer and then select or deselect Design Mode. But this doesn't seem to work - I still get the dialog rather than the actual drop-down.
thanks much
I think I figured it out. There's a lock icon in the upper-left-hand corner of the doc that must be selected to put it back into non-design mode.
You found it. This appears to be Mac version.
If you have the time, you may want to look into using Content Controls which are more robust. However, they are not easily created or edited in the Mac versions.
See John Korchok's page on this: http://www.brandwares.com/bestpractices/2019/08/content-controls-for-macos-cool-code/
Hi @Tim Mitchell ,
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