Microsoft Word 2013 content controls for text

I would also like to mention and offer my appreciation to two regular contributors in the Microsoft Answers forum 'HansV' While I was wondering and grousing, Jeff devised a relatively simple VBA procedure that continually monitors the active content control's range and when any change occurs triggers a call to another procedure that can evaluate and process the change. Without his skills and his willingness to share the fruits of those skills, this tips page would still be unpublished and gathering dust.Įver since content controls were introduced in Word 2007 I have wondered over, sought after, and frequently groused about why Microsoft has failed to provide a built-in 'Document_ContentControlOnChange' event. Jeff participates in the Microsoft Office Word for Developers forum. Using this method, you can avoid that bug and any text or changes that your document users make in content controls can be evaluated and processed in real time, thus eliminating the need for the document user to first 'exit' a content control.īefore going any further I want to give some credit where credit is due. While the built-in Document_ContentControlOnEnter and Document_ContentControlOnExit events have improved with the release of Word2010, there remains a persistent bug in the Word2007 OnExit event. This Microsoft Word Tips & Microsoft Word Help page introduces and demonstrates a method that you can use to create 'custom' content control 'On Enter, OnChange and OnExit' events using VBA procedures.

Microsoft Word 2013 content controls for text