Making an emlpoyee evaulation form in Word. Users should be able to fill in
name, check boxes, and add comments. Do not want users able to change form
layout. ie when filling in the comment section allow only 3-4 lines of info.
When I protect the form and allow only certain fields to be accessed the
comment field is allowing users to type as much as they want and this then
changes the number of pages from 4 to whatever.

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:01:02 -0800, "Frustrated Admin" Frustrated
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Making an emlpoyee evaulation form in Word. Users should be able to fill in
name, check boxes, and add comments. Do not want users able to change form
layout. ie when filling in the comment section allow only 3-4 lines of info.
When I protect the form and allow only certain fields to be accessed the
comment field is allowing users to type as much as they want and this then
changes the number of pages from 4 to whatever.

Insert a table and put the comment field in a cell of the table.
Select Table Autofit Fixed Column Width. Then select Table Table
Properties and click the Row tab. Check the box for Specify Height,
set the height you want, and set the "Row height is" dropdown to
"Exactly".

You may want to turn off the table's borders (Format Borders &
Shading).

When users fill up the comment field, they can type more than will
fit, but the excess won't be visible on screen or in print.

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You did use the Forms tools, Right? If so, double click on the field
you want to limit. The properties dialog box should open. Rather
than have the field set for unlimited, change it to a value. Once the
number of keystrokes have been reached, the keyboard will stop typing.

However, this method does not prevent them from pressing enter several
times and increasing the number of lines down, which can push
additional text onto the next page. To limit that option, I would
make sure my evaluation form is inside a table, and I would limit the
height of the particular cell.

If you would like more information on creating fill-in forms, see the
series "Please Fill-Out this Form" at
http://www.mousetrax.com/TechPage.html#autoforms (about half way down
the page.) You can skip part 5 unless you want to have the completed
information populate an Access database.

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Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
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"Frustrated Admin" Frustrated wrote
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Making an emlpoyee evaulation form in Word. Users should be able to
fill in
name, check boxes, and add comments. Do not want users able to
change form
layout. ie when filling in the comment section allow only 3-4 lines
of info.
When I protect the form and allow only certain fields to be accessed
the
comment field is allowing users to type as much as they want and
this then
changes the number of pages from 4 to whatever.