AutoText List - Protected Document

[AJohn403]

Hi, I need some (probably) simple help with a form.
I'm creating a form that will be able to filled and printed electronically in microsoft word 2010

My problem is, I have an Autotext List (a list of names, when you click one, the address auto populates). When I protect the document so that only forms may be filled out, I cannot choose a name from the list, they are all grayed out.

{ AutoTextList "Attorney" \s "Atty" \t "Right-click to select product" }



That is the code im using to create the list.
Also, will that list of people travel with the document? They are saved in the "Style" and autotext.
Thank you in advance

[Charles Kenyon]

AutoText can be stored only in a template. Documents cannot store AT. That said, documents can store inserted Autotext (the stuff showing in the document).
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The AutoText List field is not compatible with protection for filling in forms when used in a protected section. A traditional drop-down field would work (but is nowhere as flexible as the ATList field).

An IF field in the protected portion that tests for the results of a drop-down and inserts text works if the drop-down has calculate on exit checked in its properties.

[AJohn403]

Thank you for the speedy reply!

Would it be possible to have a drop down list of names that would populate an address when clicked?

[Charles Kenyon]

Yes.
This would require one or more complex IF fields and the drop-down must be set to calculate on exit.