Thanks Stefan.

Unfortunately, that's not the case. I do currently build with multiple
smaller tables.

In #2 of the doc...that's what I do...use the cell's border for the
underline. What happens is I'll underline one cell and the action will
actually underline the entire row.

Now, my tables are more complicated in that I merge cells here and there
which negates the equal-number-of-columns as the referenced doc has.

I build a 6x8 table and clear all borders
Row 1, I label cell 1 as Name:, then merge cells 2 thru 8.
Row 2, I label cell 1 as Address:, then merge cells 2 thru 8.
Row 3, I label cell 1 as City:, cell 3 as County:, cell 5 as State:, and 7
as Zip:
Row 4, I label cell 1 as Phone:, label cell 5 as Alt Phone:, then merge 2-4
and 6-8.
Row 5...SSN: and merge 2-8
Row 6...Email: and merge 2-8

When I go back to add borders for underlines, that's when the entire row
gets underlined instead of just the merged cells.

Anyway...

Thanks again,
Doug


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

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