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Protect table cells in Word format from hard returns
Is there a way to prevent someone from entering a return after filling in a
form field?The field and form protection works fine, but users are putting returns in the cell (not the form field). |
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laralea wrote:
Is there a way to prevent someone from entering a return after filling in a form field?The field and form protection works fine, but users are putting returns in the cell (not the form field). There is a way, using several macros, to make the Enter key behave like the Tab key in a protected form. It's fairly complex. How to Code the ENTER Key to Move to Next Field in Protected Form http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=187985 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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You can accomplish more or less the same thing by just setting an Exact row
height. This won't prevent users from pressing Enter or entering too much text, but most have sense enough to stop typing when the text starts to disappear. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... laralea wrote: Is there a way to prevent someone from entering a return after filling in a form field?The field and form protection works fine, but users are putting returns in the cell (not the form field). There is a way, using several macros, to make the Enter key behave like the Tab key in a protected form. It's fairly complex. How to Code the ENTER Key to Move to Next Field in Protected Form http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=187985 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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The method you use has to take into account what will be done with the forms
after they're filled in. If they'll only be printed or saved for future reference, then the Exact row height is sufficient. If the field contents will be extracted with a macro, or saved into a database or used for some other electronic process, the "extra" material will still be in the fields and could cause problems. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: You can accomplish more or less the same thing by just setting an Exact row height. This won't prevent users from pressing Enter or entering too much text, but most have sense enough to stop typing when the text starts to disappear. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... laralea wrote: Is there a way to prevent someone from entering a return after filling in a form field?The field and form protection works fine, but users are putting returns in the cell (not the form field). There is a way, using several macros, to make the Enter key behave like the Tab key in a protected form. It's fairly complex. How to Code the ENTER Key to Move to Next Field in Protected Form http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=187985 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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