Mar 29, 2018 - To create a form in Word, you can follow these six simple steps in this article. Go into the 'Developer' section and click 'Design Mode'. Microsoft Word Developer Tab Design Mode. By Erika Dwi Posted on December 17, 2018 Category: Developer; Developer tab 2 control area 3 legacy tools 4 choose form element bonus tip clic form controls is a simple word template add in to re the field ribbon figure 16 6 you use the controls group on developer tab to insert form fields design mode.
Hello, We have dozens upon dozens of documents that use Content Controls. In only a few of the documents are we unable to take a document out of Design Mode (under the Developer tab). We get an error 'Word cannot turn off design mode because placeholder text in a content control contains invalid items.
Placeholder text cannot contain items such as floating objects, revision marks, or content controls. Remove these items from the placeholder and try again.' Well, the content control does NOT have any of those three things named. Has nothing in it for text. I've found if I type a Space then it does work but then we have to adjust layout as that Space moves following content down just a slight bit, not sure why. Here is the OpenXML for a control that causes that error: Here is the OpenXML for a content control with that added Space: Note the additional and elements at the very end of that last ALSO, note the docPart w:val changes.
I came across that touches on this issue, as well. Any reason why a blank placeholder text prevents me from taking a document out of Design Mode and why adding a space in. Elements causes formatting issues? See the slight difference in spacing in the below images: Thanks Jerry. Hi, According to your description, your issue is more related to content control and openxml, thus, I recommend you post the question to openxml forum The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us.
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