Hi, I have been given a template that I think was created in Word 20007 or 2003. I have opened it in 2010, but the drop down menu's are not working, nor are the check boxes.

I have looked at the properties - the various options for the drop down menus have been input but there is no menu to choose from in the document, it just shows the first option with a grey background. And if I click the check boxes nothing happens.

Can I get the interactive functionality back or has it been lost in conversion from an earlier version of word to 2010?

Any help would be hugely appreciated!



Thanks
Richard

Hi Richard,

Your problem description suggests the document has dropodown formfields, but the document lacks the 'protection' required to activate them. To do that with Word 2010, go to Developer>Restrict Editing>Allow this type:Filling in forms>Yes, start enforcing..., and apply a password if you want.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]