If you want to limit what users add, insert the plain text content control. In a rich text content control, users can format text as bold or italic, and they can type multiple paragraphs. Insert a text control where users can enter text On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode, and then insert the controls that you want. In the list, select the Developer check box, and then click OK. Under Customize the Ribbon, select Main Tabs.
After you convert the document or template, save it.īefore you can add content controls, you need to show the Developer tab. To use content controls, you must convert the document to the Word 2013 file format by clicking File > Info > Convert, and then clicking OK.
Note: If content controls are not available, you may have opened a document or a template that was created in an earlier version of Word.
