Text fields & check box issue in protected document

Question

I have a protected form with text fill-ins.  About 2/3 of the way down in the form are 5 check boxes.  On testing, the form works perfectly until I check one of the boxes.  Then the whole form freezes.  No more text can be inserted in any text fields.  Someone said it was a problem with the checkbox "macro".  Anyone have a fix?

Answer 1

The problem appears to be that you are using content controls for the text, together with form field check boxes. The latter require that the document is protected, while the former do not. Use text form fields (found at Developer tab | Legacy Tools) instead of plain text content controls. You'll find that they will work better with the form field check boxes.

Answer 2

I DID create the document.  I inserted the fill-in fields.  I inserted the check boxes.  I protected the form so the users can only put in information by the questions.

so can I actually remove the "macro" from the check box?  Will it still work like a check box if I do?

I'm not a high end user, and this seemed pretty basic to me when I followed the instructions.  So I don't understand why it gets stuck after I check a check box.

Want to see the document?

Answer 3

OK, I assumed that you had created the form yourself, which you apparently hadn't. Unprotect the document, double-click the field and, in the options dialog box, select the "(none)" option at "Run macro on," and then click OK.

You can then delete the corresponding macro, if you want to, from the Visual Basic Editor (Alt+F11).

Answer 4

I didn't use a macro of my making.  The support person told me the check box had a macro and that was the problem.

Answer 5

Well, if you are using a macro, there might be a problem with it. But you'll have to show us the code.