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victoriafarina
Apr 04, 2024Copper Contributor
I need help with Word in a Mac
Hello! I have Word 365 in a MacAir and I'm having problems at activating the tab "options" within the Developers tab. In my work I need to update the dates in variable fields and I used to do thi...
victoriafarina
Apr 14, 2024Copper Contributor
Stefan_Blom thank you for your comment!
Here's a screenshot. This is the type of variable field I need to change into Spanish and I don't know how to do it.
Thank you so much for your time.
Stefan_Blom
Apr 16, 2024MVP
Your screen shot shows content controls. These may not be fully editable in Word for Mac, unfortunately.
Is the document protected in some (other) way?
- victoriafarinaApr 17, 2024Copper ContributorOhh no 😞 no, the document is not protected at all. So is there anything I could do to change that variable field? Or use some other program similar to Word in which I can change it?
Thank you so much for your answer, Stefan!- Stefan_BlomApr 17, 2024MVP
If you have access to a PC, you could test if the controls become editable after you open the document on the PC.
Or you could share the document (or a representative shortened sample version) with the forum, if you want to.
- victoriafarinaApr 17, 2024Copper Contributor
Thank you, Stefan. I don't have a PC unfortunately. I only have the Mac.
This is a sample version.
Thank you so mucho for your help!