Version 1.1 - Enables users to suppress printing content control placeholder text and fixed several minor bugs reported by users.Through that feedback I have been able to track down and resolve many issues that I hadn't discovered on my own. With each step it seemed that I would stumble on or uncover a new complication. Working on this project was like solving a riddle and it was by far more ambitious and time consuming of any project before it.
If you have an earlier Word version then your actual display when using the add-in will appear differently. Several advanced features of the add-in (e.g., rich text content control mapping) are not available in earlier Word versions. Note: This tips page was created using screen graphics from Word 2013
The Content Controls Tools add-in leverages many of the techniques and processes published in earlier pages and brings those processes together with several new features into one compact add-in tool that you can use to empower content controls and simplify working with them in your templates and documents. The purpose of this Microsoft Word Tips & Microsoft Word Help page is to publish and describe my 'Content Control Tools' Word template add-in.Ī general description of content controls with links to several related tips pages is available here: Content Controls.