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Default allow text placement in a fixed position

Use a frame instead of a text box. You'll find the Frame button on the Forms
toolbar. Draw the frame as you would a text box. Then right-click its edge
and choose Format Frame. Set the vertical position to Bottom relative to
Margin (or anywhere else you want). You can also use the Borders & Shading
item to turn off the frame's borders.

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allisonjean wrote:
i want to have a text form field at the bottom of the page. i do not
want to use a bunch of returns because i need the lines above this
particular line to be flexible. if any of them ran over one line
long, it'd push my bottom line to the next page. i can't put it in a
footer because i want to have it have a tabbable form field. and i
can't have form fields in text boxes.

wordperfect 5.1 (ages and ages ago) had this feature. i could set
the line property to be exactly at 8.48" or whatever.



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