Hello MS users,

I'm a relatively new user to VBA in Word (2 months).

I have created a macro-enabled template with some content controls and added an ActiveX button that scans the document for any controls with illogical content (e.g. numbers in a character field).

I wish to have this button hidden when I convert the document to PDF (and hence the final version).

If possible, I don't want users to have to delete the button manually prior to converting to PDF.



Is there any way I can achieve this through VBA?

Thank you.

Instead of using the ActiveX button (which isn't supported on Macs, BTW, if that matters), you do better to simply assign the macro to a keyboard shortcut. Better still would be to call it from Word's 'BeforeSave' and/or 'BeforePrint' events, so it runs automatically without the user having to remember to do so. See: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...tSavePrint.htm

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Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Thanks very much Paul. I'll move ahead with your advice.