MS Forms repeating data

Question

I am using forms and have a text box that I need to repeat the data in other parts of the form. For example person inputs their name at the beginning of the form and it repeats on other pages. I understand using { reftext1}, but after I input the { } and protect the form. The { } disappear from the rest of the document. The repeating data part work, but I can not see where I placed the { }?

Answer 1

If the { TEXTFORM } field is blank at the time you protect the document, the { REF Text1 } will pick up exactly that information—nothing. However, both fields should display the correct results once you type a name and press Tab in the protected document. Are you able to type the name, press Tab and have the second field update?

If you don't start with an empty field, enter some text as "Default text" in the properties dialog of the

{ TEXTFORM } field, as I did. Then Select All document content (Cmd A), Right-click (or Control-click) on a field and select "Update fields." Now protect the document and save it. In this way, the user will see a placeholder before they begin to type.

If your fields codes and properties are just like in the second and third screenshots shown in my previous post, you should get it to work. Otherwise, please display field codes though Word > Preferences > View > Fields codes and take a screen shot of the fields. Also include the "Text Form Field Options" dialog.

Answer 2

You might want to try going to Word> Preferences> View to set Field Shading: to Always.

Answer 3

The view of field codes is a personal preference (it's not stored in the document) and as such will remain enabled or disabled from one Word session to the next.

Word's default shortcut for that is Option F9, or usually Fn Option F9 for notebooks.

Answer 4

Finally!!!!!! That is what I was looking for Field Codes. Anyway to leave that field codes checked so each time I unprotect the document they are there and I dont have to go into preferences??