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Word - Option Button Control Does Not Work for the end user??

I am working in Word 2007 and have inserted several controls (option, drop-down, text). After protecting the document, all 3 controls work for me. However, when another user attempts to fill out the form. The only controls that work are drop-down & text. The option button does not allow for them to select. After attempting to problem solve, the only thing that I can see as being different is that the option control was inserted using ActiveX control while the other two (drop-down & text) were inserted by using Legacy form. There doesn't seem to be an option control choice through Legacy Forms.

 

What can I do to get the Option control to work for the other users?

 

 

Mixing the different types of controls can sometimes produce unsatisfactory results and it might be better to use the procedure in the article "Making groups of Check Box Form Fields mutually exclusive (so that they behave like radio buttons)” at:


http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/ExclusiveFmFldChbxs.htm


Note, it is not necessary to use a frame and if you have the checkboxes for each of the options in a single cell of a table, you can use


For Each oField In Selection.Cells(1).Range.FormFields


in place of


For Each oField In Selection.Frames(1).Range.FormFields

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com
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Last updated July 15, 2024 Views 1,581 Applies to: