A form field will accept far more than a row of characters. Have you
actually tried using this? Please read Dian Chapman's articles, at least the
first one.
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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"Paul" wrote in message
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Thanks for taking the time to reply. As far as I can see, the form inserts
small rectangles that only allows 4 characters.
My "form" basically consists of almost the whole page. Does that mean one
has to click on the "ab" box 10x per row to add an editable area? None of
the tutorial links showed a possibility of turning such a large area into
a form. It seems a rather complicated procedure when converting such a
large area into an editable area.
Regards
Paul
Charles Kenyon wrote:
What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check
this in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially
Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

You could use one or more form fields inside a border for your boxed area
or you could use a separate section for your boxed area. Word 2003 has
some other options but the entire document becomes uneditable when opened
in an earlier version.

Hope this helps,