Whether or not "allowed", I find that I get better answers to scripting questions on SE, because it is more programming-oriented. As for "batch files are just lines of commands, freely editable" etc., well, programs in any language are also just lines of commands in that language, and compiling is not always necessary -- so this is a meaningless distinction. One can write very complex scripts in Powershell, for example, that rival what would be done with a programming language. I think that distinguishing by the need to compile is counter-productive.

P.S. @bibadia : I honestly don't care about the OP accepting my answer, but I do wish they'd followed-up as it's not clear if their issue was resolved. But the point of my question here really was to try to understand why people who are so unfamiliar with something wouldn't just pass it by. In the responses to this, I've gotten a better understanding of some aspects of the SE sites, which I appreciate, and actually had to smile that my question at least crept back up to 0 here! I do appreciate the people who recognize that I'm not being hostile, rather I'm trying to understand a behavior.

To clarify: I think the questions about content controls were perfectly sensible; normally it seems sensible to ask for a screenshot. What perturbed me were responses indicating that the reader didn't know what a form field was, and general "I don't know what that is, so please explain it" responses for something that is really pretty commonly used. I.e. it seemed that the people so responding were totally unfamiliar with forms in Word, and asking the OP to teach them about it. While I understand the value of clarification, that level of unfamiliarity seems useless to lay on the asker.

I apologize if I'm coming across with that attitude; it's off target in terms of what I've been trying to ask. My premise was related to "why not just skip past it if you don't know the subject?" rather than laying the burden on the asker, i.e. in this case, to explain what form fields are and how they are used in Word. But if I post a question about running a Powershell script, I'd be similarly disconcerted if someone responded immediately with "What's a Powershell script?" rather than simply passing it by to be addressed by someone who understands the basics of the question.

Valid points, and perhaps I reacted to that combination of responses. i.e. if it had been posted longer without any response, then, yeah, I can see "What do you mean by that?" The rest of the clarification, I understand, even another comment added on the original question which asks for a screenshot. Even a "what steps are you taking?" is useful. But I still think an instant "I don't know what you're talking about" holds little value when there are so many other people who may understand that particular <whatever>.

@JourneymanGeek thanks for clarifying re. the downvotes and meta. It wasn't intended as a useless question, and I wasn't really taking those personally so much as trying to understand the process and responses. Even a downvote is meaningful beyond a number.