VBA determine if text box selected

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I would like to know if a user clicks on a text box in my document. Is there any code that would capture this? My reason is I do not want any user to be able to edit text in a text box, so I’ll redirect them to a bookmark.

Thanks,
Allan Bach

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Hi Allan,

You may be able to define a class event fo this, but that’s a fairly complex process. A simpler solution might be to place a transparent shape over it and use Word’s drawing tools to group them together. That makes it fairly difficult to access or edit the text.

Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

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Rethinking the approach a little for Word 2007+, if you made it a content control, had a content control in the text box, or used a Text box that already had a content control in it, you could use the Document’s ContentControlOnEnter event.

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