I have created a form using tables and content controls in Word. I am now trying to have some kind of code that fires when the Word document opens that highlights all of the cells that are blank.

I have a number of issues. Not all blank cells need to be highlighted. The only cells that need to be highlighted are cells that have content controls in them that haven't been touched.

For example, the cells that have rich text or plain text content controls need to be highlighted if no text has been entered. I have already set the placeholder text to a single space so the cell looks blank and doesn't say "Click here to enter text.".

The cells that have drop down content controls should be highlighted if they say "Select One" which is my first entry and what the drop down defaults to.

Ideally some kind other code would fire upon the exiting of the content control that would detect if the control has been changed from the defaults and if so, remove the highlight color.

I'm not sure if this is possible.

I would appreciate any help.

Thank you,

Brian