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I have a form in Word. &nbsp;It has text fields and I have protected the form and saved it as a template. &nbsp;When I create a new doc based on the template, I want to tab from field to field.<br />
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This is working on the very first field, but afterwards, TAB expands the text field instead of advancing to the next field. &nbsp;I need TAB to advance to the next field.<br />
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Any help on what I'm missing would be appreciated. &nbsp;I use to be able to do this in 2010...it's only Word 2013 that's giving me grief.<br />
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Thanks<br />
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Cliff
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I have a form in Word.  It has text fields and I have protected the form and saved it as a template.  When I create a new doc based on the template, I want to tab from field to field.

This is working on the very first field, but afterwards, TAB expands the text field instead of advancing to the next field.  I need TAB to advance to the next field.

Any help on what I'm missing would be appreciated.  I use to be able to do this in 2010...it's only Word 2013 that's giving me grief.

Thanks

Cliff

Word 2013, Form fields not tabbing to next field

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