Hello,
I am creating a form in Word 2016 which has form fields, date pickers etc. I plan to restrict editing of this form so the user can just fill in the fields required.
However, I would like the user to attach documents on the form so when they send the form back via email with the documents attached to the form.
Is there a way in which this can be achieved in word via a button or an active x control, or something else?
Any help appreciated
Thanks
Andy

Adding documents to a Word document is always problematic. You can end up with formatting that is very surprising unless it is planned very carefully with a small selection of documents.

If you are sending by email, how about adding the selected documents as attachments to the email?

Note, I do not have the skill to do either. I'm just looking at it from the perspective of how I would do it.

Also note that any solution is going to require macros, and you likely have no control over whether the user will allow macros to run.

I really want the user to attach documents to the form. Thanks

Since there is no date-picker formfield, that suggests you're trying to use formfields and content controls in the same document. You really shouldn't do that as they weren't designed to work together and trying to use them that way can lead to problems.
You can't 'attach' one document to another. You can embed one in another in a variety of ways, each of which has its drawbacks. Perhaps you should consider attaching those documents to the email instead.

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Paul Edstein
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