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Restricting forms
I am setting up an application form, with one area inviting the person to
describe themselves. However I want to restrict how much they can write about themselves (i.e. 500 words). On the application form I have given approx half a page to this. The details will be entered into a table in a text form field. While I know I can dictate the number of characters that can be used, in testing I have found this can overrun, and subsequently expand the table. I have also set the table to sit at a specified length but any extra words simply disappear off the end of the table. Is there a way to set the document so that when the user reaches the end of the cell, they are unable to write anymore? |
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I am setting up an application form, with one area inviting the person to describe themselves. However I want to restrict how much they can write about themselves (i.e. 500 words). On the application form I have given approx half a page to this. The details will be entered into a table in a text form field. While I know I can dictate the number of characters that can be used, in testing I have found this can overrun, and subsequently expand the table. I have also set the table to sit at a specified length but any extra words simply disappear off the end of the table. Is there a way to set the document so that when the user reaches the end of the cell, they are unable to write anymore? No. Best you could do would be a macro that fires when the user exits, that maybe shows a message and deletes extraneous text. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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