I'm not sure that I completely understand what the problem is, but if
you are having difficulties with merged cells, you could set up the
form using multiple tables. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/LinesInForms.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Hack" wrote in message
...
I build fill-me-out forms with tables in Word instead of using
underline,
underline, underline...to make it easy to fill-in
electronically...or after
printed.

Part of my process is...build the table, select all, clear all
borders,
merge cells as needed...say Name field on first line because I built
the
table column count based on the City, State, Postal line.

Here's my challenge...and I'm gonna say I think Word is getting
confused
after cells are merged. I'll go back to the blank, fill-in cells
(cell-by-cell) and put a border on the bottom...my underline. These
days,
when I go to underline some cells...where I've merged cells in the
line above
or below...the entire row gets underlined.

I'm at a loss. I've tried a few different methods of
bordering...click the
button on the tool bar, highlight the cell and right-click it and go
to
Borders / Shading, and even get a cell that works and CTRL-Y it to
the next
cell.

Any ideas?


Thanks,
Doug