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Unfortunately, this stops short of answering my question: This procedure seems to create forms that cannot be accessed without the mouse.

This is the clearest, most succinct treatment I’ve seen of this topic - and I have read dozens of them just today. Anyone opening the document can now only fill in the form fields - they cannot edit the document.

You can either set a password OR leave all these fields blank (i.e. You are asked to set a password for this document.(Note: If this button is not active, click the Developer mode button in the Controls group as it may be turned on and you need to turn it off.) On the Restrict Formatting and Editing task pane, select the Allow only this type of editing in the document check box, select Filling in forms from the drop-down list, then click the Yes, Start Enforcing Protection button.Select Restrict Formatting and Editing from the drop-down list.Go to the Developer tab > Protect group and click the large Protect Document icon.Repeat steps 2 to 4 for all other form fields you want to insert.You can also click the Legacy Tools icon to insert the controls you were familiar with in Word 2003 and earlier. Click the icon for the type of form field you want to insert (e.g.Go to the Developer tab > Controls group.Position the cursor where you want the response to go (typically after the label).Enter the text for the form field labels into your document.

Now you can start setting up your form fields: You’ll be working on the Developer tab, so make sure it’s visible before you start: I haven’t dealt with these a lot (and not at all in Word 2007), but I was able to figure it out for her. Lucille, a work colleague, couldn’t figure out how to set up protected form fields in Word 2007.

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