Actually that is not a problem. if the cell's hieght is set to "at least",
as Suzanne mentioned, then the cell will grow with the amount of text
entered.
John... Visio MVP
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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In that case the table cell of fixed height and width will ensure that you
only have the requisite amount of space to write in. Any extra and it
simply disappears off the bottom of the cell.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
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John... Visio MVP wrote:
Thanks Graham, as I mentioned to Suzanne, this is an attempt to mimic
the paper version, so the amount of white space is far more import
than the appearance of a lined area to "write" on.
The lines may work, but a problem will arise when the text exceeds the
original number of lines designed for. The text will continue to
wrap, but only the first couple of lines will be underlined. Far
asier to eliminate the lines and let Word do it's thing.
The key thing is to preserve a suitable amount of white space for the
initial view of the form.
John... Visio MVP
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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If you need the lines (unnecessary for a form to be filled in on
screen) then there is no simple way to do this. One possibility
would be to create a borderless table cell of fixed height and
width, large enough to take your comments section. Insert some
random text into the cell as a guide then with the zoom setting at a
comfortably large size to view the cell, use the line drawing tool
to draw a line between the first and second rows of random text.
Copy then paste as many times as you have lines then drag the pasted
lines between the remaining lines of text. At high magnification it
is simple to align them by eye. Select all the lines right click and
group them then set behind text. Then delete the random text and put
a form field in the cell. --
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
John... Visio MVP wrote:
On paper forms there is some times a series of lines for the writer
to enter long winded text. For example, an area for comments. Is
there any way to do something similar in a Word Form? The normal
Form Field for text is just a few characters long. This will expand
to allow multiline text, but initially, it is just a few characters
long. So rather than
Comments:____
How can I get something like
Comments:_________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
?
John... Visio MVP