Hi Andrew,

Forms protection with formfields is required by design. In part it's so the user can't makes edits other than what the designer intends/allows - including deleting the formfields. On-entry and on-exit macros will only run when the document is protected.

If you want to allow free text entry somewhere else in the document, insert Section breaks before & after that portion, then leave that Section unprotected when you apply the forms protection.

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Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]