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WD97: Some Commands Not Available When Control Object Selected

Article ID: 157294

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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This article was previously published under Q157294

SUMMARY

This article lists the commands that are unavailable if you have a control object selected. A control object is a check box, list box, or command button you create using the ActiveX tools on the Control Toolbox toolbar. You use Design Mode to place the control objects on the form. To access Design mode, do the following:
  1. On the View menu, click Toolbars.
  2. Click Control Toolbox on the Toolbars submenu.
  3. Click the Design Mode button on the Control Toolbox toolbar.

MORE INFORMATION

The following commands are not available when you have a control object selected:

File menu: 
   Page Setup
Edit menu: 
   Paste As Hyperlink
   Links
View menu: 
   Footnotes (will be available if document contains footnotes)
   Comments (will be available if document contains comments)
Insert menu: 
   Break
   Date and Time
   Field
   Symbol
   Cross-reference
   Index and Tables
   File
   Object
Format menu: 
   Font
   Paragraph
   Bullets and Numbering
   Columns
   Tabs
   Drop Cap
   Text Direction
   Change Case
   Style
Tools menu: 
   Look Up Reference
   Protect Document
Table menu: 
   All commands, except Hide/Show Gridlines
Window menu: 
   All commands are available
Help menu: 
   All commands are available
The following commands are not available when you are in Design Mode even when the control object is not selected:

Edit menu: 
   Paste As Hyperlink
   Links
Tools menu: 
   Protect Document
Format menu: 
   Text Direction

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Keywords: KB157294


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