[McJean]

I want to limited the number of characters that can be entered into a text
form field. It is my understanding to limit the amount of information you
can set a maximum width by selecting the field, clicking Properties in the
Controls group, and entering a value under Maximum length. To make the field
look as long as its maximum length, add instructional text by clicking
Properties in the Controls group, and typing text, such as Type your first
name here, under Default text. I tried this, but it did not actually prevent
me from typing more characters than I entered. Is this the way it is suppose
to work? I actually thought it would prevent me from typing more than the
number entered. Maybe its just works as a visual thing...Does anyone know or
have any experience? Thanks so much.

[Graham Mayor]

Use legacy form fields and put them in borderless table cells of fixed row
height and column width. You can type whatever you want in the fields but
anything that doesn't fit the table cell will 'disappear'.

You will probably find
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Classic%20Form%20Controls.htm useful.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



McJean wrote:
I want to limited the number of characters that can be entered into a
text form field. It is my understanding to limit the amount of
information you can set a maximum width by selecting the field,
clicking Properties in the Controls group, and entering a value under
Maximum length. To make the field look as long as its maximum length,
add instructional text by clicking Properties in the Controls group,
and typing text, such as Type your first name here, under Default
text. I tried this, but it did not actually prevent me from typing
more characters than I entered. Is this the way it is suppose to
work? I actually thought it would prevent me from typing more than
the number entered. Maybe its just works as a visual thing...Does
anyone know or have any experience? Thanks so much.