Restricted editing in Word Fillable form

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I'm creating a Word fillable form and I know how to restrict the editing but the main problem is with that I want users to add a row in few tables in my forms with same style formatting as needed. Is that possible?

doug_robbins_word_mvp · Answer

Techsolver&nbsp;Assuming that you are using a version of Office that supports the use of Content Controls, if you select the row that you want to repeat and then insert a Repeating Section Content Control
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For more on the use of Content Controls, see the following and other pages of Greg Maxey's website:
https://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/content_controls.html
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If for some reason you do not want to use Content Controls, you could have a macro, similar to the following, set to be run on exit from the last formfield in the row that you want to be repeated.&nbsp; Note, the macro will need to be modified to suit the FormFields that you are using in that row.
Sub Addrow()
Dim rownum As Integer, i As Integer
With ActiveDocument
    .Unprotect
    .Tables(1).Rows.Add
    rownum = .Tables(1).Rows.Count
    For i = 1 To 3
        .FormFields.Add Range:=.Tables(1).Cell(rownum, i).Range, 
Type:=wdFieldFormTextInput
    Next i
    .FormFields.Add Range:=.Tables(1).Cell(rownum, 4).Range, 
Type:=wdFieldFormDropDown
    With .Tables(1).Cell(rownum, 4).Range.FormFields(1).DropDown.ListEntries
        .Add "Item1"
        .Add "Item2"
        .Add "Item3"
        .Add "Item4"
        .Add "Item5"
    End With
    .FormFields.Add Range:=.Tables(1).Cell(rownum, 5).Range, 
Type:=wdFieldFormDropDown
    With .Tables(1).Cell(rownum, 5).Range.FormFields(1).DropDown.ListEntries
        .Add "ItemA"
        .Add "ItemB"
        .Add "ItemC"
        .Add "ItemD"
        .Add "ItemE"
    End With
    .Tables(1).Cell(rownum, 5).Range.FormFields(1).ExitMacro = "addrow"
    .Tables(1).Cell(rownum, 1).Range.FormFields(1).Select
    .Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True
End With

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techsolver · Answer

&nbsp;Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP&nbsp; It adds just a single row without the margins but I&nbsp;want it should be added just like the table below. There are more tables in the main document. I want it for most of them but not for all of them.&nbsp;&nbsp;

doug_robbins_word_mvp · Answer

Techsolver&nbsp;Can you provide a copy of the document so that we can see what you have in it.

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