WD97: Cannot Type in Floating Text Box with Protected Document

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you insert an ActiveX Text Box control as a floating object in a document that is protected for forms, one of the following symptoms will occur:

• You cannot type text into the text box.

  -or-

• You can type some text immediately upon clicking in the text box, but then the text box becomes unavailable.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the following steps to convert the ActiveX Text Box control to an inline object:

1. If the document is protected, click Unprotect Document on the Tools menu.

2. If the Control Toolbox is not visible, point to Toolbars on the View menu, and then click Control Toolbox.

3. From the Control Toolbox, click Design Mode.

4. Right-click the ActiveX Text Box Control.

5. On the shortcut menu, point to Text Box Object, and then click Convert.

6. In the Convert dialog box, click to clear the Float Over Text check box.

7. Click OK.

8. From the Control Toolbox, click Exit Design Mode.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.