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How can I freeze or lock tables or textboxes?
Hi,
I am creating a form that uses a series of textboxes and checkboxes. The form has to be completely locked so that it stays on two pages. I can set a maximum character length in the textboxes, however, this does not stop people from pressing enter and starting new lines. Making the form run into a third page. I can use the textboxes from the control toolbar (rather than ones from the form toolbar) which are completely frozen. However, I would rather there be another way as to make the form easy to complete, I'd like my users to be able to press the tab key to switch fields. Can I either lock a textbox, a table (as all the textboxes are inside a table) or even set a page limit on the whole document? thanks for your help Leon |
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You can put your form fields in table cells with Exact row height. This
doesn't prevent users from pressing Enter, but most will have sense enough to stop typing when their text starts to disappear. Alternatively, see €śWD: How to Code ENTER Key to Move to Next Field in Form€ť at http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=211219 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Leon-K" wrote in message ... Hi, I am creating a form that uses a series of textboxes and checkboxes. The form has to be completely locked so that it stays on two pages. I can set a maximum character length in the textboxes, however, this does not stop people from pressing enter and starting new lines. Making the form run into a third page. I can use the textboxes from the control toolbar (rather than ones from the form toolbar) which are completely frozen. However, I would rather there be another way as to make the form easy to complete, I'd like my users to be able to press the tab key to switch fields. Can I either lock a textbox, a table (as all the textboxes are inside a table) or even set a page limit on the whole document? thanks for your help Leon |
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Do _not_ use fields from the Control Toolbox!
You can change the behavior of the Enter key in your form or simply put your fields inside a fixed-size table cell or frame. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." 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. The first link contains a link to the article on changing the behavior of the Enter key. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Leon-K" wrote in message ... Hi, I am creating a form that uses a series of textboxes and checkboxes. The form has to be completely locked so that it stays on two pages. I can set a maximum character length in the textboxes, however, this does not stop people from pressing enter and starting new lines. Making the form run into a third page. I can use the textboxes from the control toolbar (rather than ones from the form toolbar) which are completely frozen. However, I would rather there be another way as to make the form easy to complete, I'd like my users to be able to press the tab key to switch fields. Can I either lock a textbox, a table (as all the textboxes are inside a table) or even set a page limit on the whole document? thanks for your help Leon |
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