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Word 2007 - remove gray from form fields

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wal

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Dec 9, 2010, 3:24:06 PM12/9/10
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Where in Word 2007 is the setting (if any??) for toggling the gray
highlight/background in form fields. Thanks very much.

(I just found that I had written a macro to do this a long time ago in
Word 2003 and it still works. But where is the explicit setting in
Word itself?)

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Dec 9, 2010, 3:41:56 PM12/9/10
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Assuming you have the Developer tab enabled, the Form Field Shading button
is one of the Legacy Forms tools in the Legacy Tools palette (in the
Controls group on the Developer tab).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

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wal

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Dec 10, 2010, 9:33:54 AM12/10/10
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Thanks.

I also finally found the place in 2007 itself to change the setting:

Office button > Word Options > Advanced > "Show document content"
subsection > Field shading.

On Dec 9, 3:41 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Assuming you have the Developer tab enabled, the Form Field Shading button
> is one of the Legacy Forms tools in the Legacy Tools palette (in the
> Controls group on the Developer tab).
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>

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> > Word 2007
> > Vista Enterprise
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> > Where in Word 2007 is the setting (if any??) for toggling the gray
> > highlight/background in form fields.  Thanks very much.
>
> > (I just found that I had written a macro to do this a long time ago in
> > Word 2003 and it still works.  But where is the explicit setting in

> > Word itself?)- Hide quoted text -
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Dec 10, 2010, 10:26:55 AM12/10/10
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That's actually a different control--applies to all fields rather than just
form fields.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type

Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

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wal

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Dec 11, 2010, 9:27:42 AM12/11/10
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You're right. Thanks. My original question was incorrectly worded.
I was looking for just "fields". Well, at least there's a single
string with both solutions now.

On Dec 10, 10:26 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
> That's actually a different control--applies to all fields rather than just
> form fields.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type

> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

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