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Hello,
Two questions. 1.As far as I can tell the only way to remove gridlines is to go to table Hide gridlines. This has to be set by the indvidual user. Is there any way for the "Hide Gridlines" option to be set by default when the .dot file opens? 2. Right now my form field bookmarks are really small. So a user can tab through the form field bookmarks and enter information, but if they do not click in the exact location of the bookmark the field will not become selected. Is there a way to expand the form field bookmark brackets so the user has more space to click in while selecting a form field? Thanks for all the help. bbkixx |
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1. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HideGridlines.htm
2. You can add spaces (nonbreaking) to the form field display text. -- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... Hello, Two questions. 1.As far as I can tell the only way to remove gridlines is to go to table Hide gridlines. This has to be set by the indvidual user. Is there any way for the "Hide Gridlines" option to be set by default when the .dot file opens? 2. Right now my form field bookmarks are really small. So a user can tab through the form field bookmarks and enter information, but if they do not click in the exact location of the bookmark the field will not become selected. Is there a way to expand the form field bookmark brackets so the user has more space to click in while selecting a form field? Thanks for all the help. bbkixx |
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Thank you so much for the help.
the first works great. however if i go to Toolsoptionsdisplay bookmarks, then add spaces inside of the bookmark the bookmark expands. When I then click the protect document button the bookmark snaps back to is small original size. Any more ideas? Thanks again, bbkixx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HideGridlines.htm 2. You can add spaces (nonbreaking) to the form field display text. -- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... Hello, Two questions. 1.As far as I can tell the only way to remove gridlines is to go to table Hide gridlines. This has to be set by the indvidual user. Is there any way for the "Hide Gridlines" option to be set by default when the .dot file opens? 2. Right now my form field bookmarks are really small. So a user can tab through the form field bookmarks and enter information, but if they do not click in the exact location of the bookmark the field will not become selected. Is there a way to expand the form field bookmark brackets so the user has more space to click in while selecting a form field? Thanks for all the help. bbkixx |
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You're adding the spaces in the wrong place. Select the form field and
double-click it or use the Properties button on the forms toolbar to open the Properties dialog. Type the nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+spacebar) into the Default Text box in the dialog. The bookmark really doesn't have anything to do with the way the form field displays or operates. It serves more as a name for the field when you want to manipulate it in a macro. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:03:03 -0800, bbkixx wrote: Thank you so much for the help. the first works great. however if i go to Toolsoptionsdisplay bookmarks, then add spaces inside of the bookmark the bookmark expands. When I then click the protect document button the bookmark snaps back to is small original size. Any more ideas? Thanks again, bbkixx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HideGridlines.htm 2. You can add spaces (nonbreaking) to the form field display text. -- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... Hello, Two questions. 1.As far as I can tell the only way to remove gridlines is to go to table Hide gridlines. This has to be set by the indvidual user. Is there any way for the "Hide Gridlines" option to be set by default when the .dot file opens? 2. Right now my form field bookmarks are really small. So a user can tab through the form field bookmarks and enter information, but if they do not click in the exact location of the bookmark the field will not become selected. Is there a way to expand the form field bookmark brackets so the user has more space to click in while selecting a form field? Thanks for all the help. bbkixx |
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Jay,
Again thank you for the ideas. Essientially what I want is if the user clicks anywere inside of this form field, their cursor will snap to the upper left hand corner where they can begin typeing. Adding the spaces the way you described will open up the clickable area, but when you input text the text will begin typing where you have clicked, and this can result in the pushing of the table borders. Perhaps a macro would resolve this? If so, where would I begin with that? "Jay Freedman" wrote: You're adding the spaces in the wrong place. Select the form field and double-click it or use the Properties button on the forms toolbar to open the Properties dialog. Type the nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+spacebar) into the Default Text box in the dialog. The bookmark really doesn't have anything to do with the way the form field displays or operates. It serves more as a name for the field when you want to manipulate it in a macro. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:03:03 -0800, bbkixx wrote: Thank you so much for the help. the first works great. however if i go to Toolsoptionsdisplay bookmarks, then add spaces inside of the bookmark the bookmark expands. When I then click the protect document button the bookmark snaps back to is small original size. Any more ideas? Thanks again, bbkixx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HideGridlines.htm 2. You can add spaces (nonbreaking) to the form field display text. -- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... Hello, Two questions. 1.As far as I can tell the only way to remove gridlines is to go to table Hide gridlines. This has to be set by the indvidual user. Is there any way for the "Hide Gridlines" option to be set by default when the .dot file opens? 2. Right now my form field bookmarks are really small. So a user can tab through the form field bookmarks and enter information, but if they do not click in the exact location of the bookmark the field will not become selected. Is there a way to expand the form field bookmark brackets so the user has more space to click in while selecting a form field? Thanks for all the help. bbkixx |
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Clicking anywhere in the form field should select the entire field.
-- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... Jay, Again thank you for the ideas. Essientially what I want is if the user clicks anywere inside of this form field, their cursor will snap to the upper left hand corner where they can begin typeing. Adding the spaces the way you described will open up the clickable area, but when you input text the text will begin typing where you have clicked, and this can result in the pushing of the table borders. Perhaps a macro would resolve this? If so, where would I begin with that? "Jay Freedman" wrote: You're adding the spaces in the wrong place. Select the form field and double-click it or use the Properties button on the forms toolbar to open the Properties dialog. Type the nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+spacebar) into the Default Text box in the dialog. The bookmark really doesn't have anything to do with the way the form field displays or operates. It serves more as a name for the field when you want to manipulate it in a macro. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:03:03 -0800, bbkixx wrote: Thank you so much for the help. the first works great. however if i go to Toolsoptionsdisplay bookmarks, then add spaces inside of the bookmark the bookmark expands. When I then click the protect document button the bookmark snaps back to is small original size. Any more ideas? Thanks again, bbkixx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HideGridlines.htm 2. You can add spaces (nonbreaking) to the form field display text. -- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... Hello, Two questions. 1.As far as I can tell the only way to remove gridlines is to go to table Hide gridlines. This has to be set by the indvidual user. Is there any way for the "Hide Gridlines" option to be set by default when the .dot file opens? 2. Right now my form field bookmarks are really small. So a user can tab through the form field bookmarks and enter information, but if they do not click in the exact location of the bookmark the field will not become selected. Is there a way to expand the form field bookmark brackets so the user has more space to click in while selecting a form field? Thanks for all the help. bbkixx |
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Sorry, this isn't going to solve all your problems. If you set the
default text in the Properties dialog, then clicking won't select the whole field (but double-clicking it will). If you don't set the default text, then the field won't be wider. I have to ask, though: In the copies of Word 2000 and Word 2003 that I have here, a newly inserted text form field is five spaces wide, or almost 0.5 inch. Is that what you see? If so, why is that so hard to hit with a mouse click? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 13:38:02 -0800, bbkixx wrote: Jay, Again thank you for the ideas. Essientially what I want is if the user clicks anywere inside of this form field, their cursor will snap to the upper left hand corner where they can begin typeing. Adding the spaces the way you described will open up the clickable area, but when you input text the text will begin typing where you have clicked, and this can result in the pushing of the table borders. Perhaps a macro would resolve this? If so, where would I begin with that? "Jay Freedman" wrote: You're adding the spaces in the wrong place. Select the form field and double-click it or use the Properties button on the forms toolbar to open the Properties dialog. Type the nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+spacebar) into the Default Text box in the dialog. The bookmark really doesn't have anything to do with the way the form field displays or operates. It serves more as a name for the field when you want to manipulate it in a macro. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:03:03 -0800, bbkixx wrote: Thank you so much for the help. the first works great. however if i go to Toolsoptionsdisplay bookmarks, then add spaces inside of the bookmark the bookmark expands. When I then click the protect document button the bookmark snaps back to is small original size. Any more ideas? Thanks again, bbkixx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HideGridlines.htm 2. You can add spaces (nonbreaking) to the form field display text. -- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... Hello, Two questions. 1.As far as I can tell the only way to remove gridlines is to go to table Hide gridlines. This has to be set by the indvidual user. Is there any way for the "Hide Gridlines" option to be set by default when the .dot file opens? 2. Right now my form field bookmarks are really small. So a user can tab through the form field bookmarks and enter information, but if they do not click in the exact location of the bookmark the field will not become selected. Is there a way to expand the form field bookmark brackets so the user has more space to click in while selecting a form field? Thanks for all the help. bbkixx |
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I noticed that the double clicking works. I wonder if you can change that to
a single click, then that would be the answer. Yes the form field is almost a ..5 inch, but the size of the space to type in is much larger. For some reason the sales staff I am building this form for cannot be trusted to use the form if they have to click in the upper left hand corner of each box. I am not sure why, it is just what the boss has asked of me, so I am trying to figure it out. Thank you for all the help though, it is greatly appreciated. bbkixx. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Sorry, this isn't going to solve all your problems. If you set the default text in the Properties dialog, then clicking won't select the whole field (but double-clicking it will). If you don't set the default text, then the field won't be wider. I have to ask, though: In the copies of Word 2000 and Word 2003 that I have here, a newly inserted text form field is five spaces wide, or almost 0.5 inch. Is that what you see? If so, why is that so hard to hit with a mouse click? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 13:38:02 -0800, bbkixx wrote: Jay, Again thank you for the ideas. Essientially what I want is if the user clicks anywere inside of this form field, their cursor will snap to the upper left hand corner where they can begin typeing. Adding the spaces the way you described will open up the clickable area, but when you input text the text will begin typing where you have clicked, and this can result in the pushing of the table borders. Perhaps a macro would resolve this? If so, where would I begin with that? "Jay Freedman" wrote: You're adding the spaces in the wrong place. Select the form field and double-click it or use the Properties button on the forms toolbar to open the Properties dialog. Type the nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+spacebar) into the Default Text box in the dialog. The bookmark really doesn't have anything to do with the way the form field displays or operates. It serves more as a name for the field when you want to manipulate it in a macro. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:03:03 -0800, bbkixx wrote: Thank you so much for the help. the first works great. however if i go to Toolsoptionsdisplay bookmarks, then add spaces inside of the bookmark the bookmark expands. When I then click the protect document button the bookmark snaps back to is small original size. Any more ideas? Thanks again, bbkixx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HideGridlines.htm 2. You can add spaces (nonbreaking) to the form field display text. -- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... Hello, Two questions. 1.As far as I can tell the only way to remove gridlines is to go to table Hide gridlines. This has to be set by the indvidual user. Is there any way for the "Hide Gridlines" option to be set by default when the .dot file opens? 2. Right now my form field bookmarks are really small. So a user can tab through the form field bookmarks and enter information, but if they do not click in the exact location of the bookmark the field will not become selected. Is there a way to expand the form field bookmark brackets so the user has more space to click in while selecting a form field? Thanks for all the help. bbkixx |
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You need to train the staff to tab from one field to another instead of
clicking. -- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... I noticed that the double clicking works. I wonder if you can change that to a single click, then that would be the answer. Yes the form field is almost a .5 inch, but the size of the space to type in is much larger. For some reason the sales staff I am building this form for cannot be trusted to use the form if they have to click in the upper left hand corner of each box. I am not sure why, it is just what the boss has asked of me, so I am trying to figure it out. Thank you for all the help though, it is greatly appreciated. bbkixx. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Sorry, this isn't going to solve all your problems. If you set the default text in the Properties dialog, then clicking won't select the whole field (but double-clicking it will). If you don't set the default text, then the field won't be wider. I have to ask, though: In the copies of Word 2000 and Word 2003 that I have here, a newly inserted text form field is five spaces wide, or almost 0.5 inch. Is that what you see? If so, why is that so hard to hit with a mouse click? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 13:38:02 -0800, bbkixx wrote: Jay, Again thank you for the ideas. Essientially what I want is if the user clicks anywere inside of this form field, their cursor will snap to the upper left hand corner where they can begin typeing. Adding the spaces the way you described will open up the clickable area, but when you input text the text will begin typing where you have clicked, and this can result in the pushing of the table borders. Perhaps a macro would resolve this? If so, where would I begin with that? "Jay Freedman" wrote: You're adding the spaces in the wrong place. Select the form field and double-click it or use the Properties button on the forms toolbar to open the Properties dialog. Type the nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+spacebar) into the Default Text box in the dialog. The bookmark really doesn't have anything to do with the way the form field displays or operates. It serves more as a name for the field when you want to manipulate it in a macro. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:03:03 -0800, bbkixx wrote: Thank you so much for the help. the first works great. however if i go to Toolsoptionsdisplay bookmarks, then add spaces inside of the bookmark the bookmark expands. When I then click the protect document button the bookmark snaps back to is small original size. Any more ideas? Thanks again, bbkixx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HideGridlines.htm 2. You can add spaces (nonbreaking) to the form field display text. -- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... Hello, Two questions. 1.As far as I can tell the only way to remove gridlines is to go to table Hide gridlines. This has to be set by the indvidual user. Is there any way for the "Hide Gridlines" option to be set by default when the ..dot file opens? 2. Right now my form field bookmarks are really small. So a user can tab through the form field bookmarks and enter information, but if they do not click in the exact location of the bookmark the field will not become selected. Is there a way to expand the form field bookmark brackets so the user has more space to click in while selecting a form field? Thanks for all the help. bbkixx |
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Haha, I couldnt agree more. Infact I have been saying that from the start.
bbkixx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You need to train the staff to tab from one field to another instead of clicking. -- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... I noticed that the double clicking works. I wonder if you can change that to a single click, then that would be the answer. Yes the form field is almost a .5 inch, but the size of the space to type in is much larger. For some reason the sales staff I am building this form for cannot be trusted to use the form if they have to click in the upper left hand corner of each box. I am not sure why, it is just what the boss has asked of me, so I am trying to figure it out. Thank you for all the help though, it is greatly appreciated. bbkixx. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Sorry, this isn't going to solve all your problems. If you set the default text in the Properties dialog, then clicking won't select the whole field (but double-clicking it will). If you don't set the default text, then the field won't be wider. I have to ask, though: In the copies of Word 2000 and Word 2003 that I have here, a newly inserted text form field is five spaces wide, or almost 0.5 inch. Is that what you see? If so, why is that so hard to hit with a mouse click? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 13:38:02 -0800, bbkixx wrote: Jay, Again thank you for the ideas. Essientially what I want is if the user clicks anywere inside of this form field, their cursor will snap to the upper left hand corner where they can begin typeing. Adding the spaces the way you described will open up the clickable area, but when you input text the text will begin typing where you have clicked, and this can result in the pushing of the table borders. Perhaps a macro would resolve this? If so, where would I begin with that? "Jay Freedman" wrote: You're adding the spaces in the wrong place. Select the form field and double-click it or use the Properties button on the forms toolbar to open the Properties dialog. Type the nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+spacebar) into the Default Text box in the dialog. The bookmark really doesn't have anything to do with the way the form field displays or operates. It serves more as a name for the field when you want to manipulate it in a macro. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:03:03 -0800, bbkixx wrote: Thank you so much for the help. the first works great. however if i go to Toolsoptionsdisplay bookmarks, then add spaces inside of the bookmark the bookmark expands. When I then click the protect document button the bookmark snaps back to is small original size. Any more ideas? Thanks again, bbkixx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HideGridlines.htm 2. You can add spaces (nonbreaking) to the form field display text. -- 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. "bbkixx" wrote in message ... Hello, Two questions. 1.As far as I can tell the only way to remove gridlines is to go to table Hide gridlines. This has to be set by the indvidual user. Is there any way for the "Hide Gridlines" option to be set by default when the ..dot file opens? 2. Right now my form field bookmarks are really small. So a user can tab through the form field bookmarks and enter information, but if they do not click in the exact location of the bookmark the field will not become selected. Is there a way to expand the form field bookmark brackets so the user has more space to click in while selecting a form field? Thanks for all the help. bbkixx |