[frenchy]

Hi,

I am new to Word and I created a form with fields to be filled in. I have
issues with the layout changing when multi lined answers are entered. The
text moves everything down as it's entered. I tried using many fields in a
row, that didn't work. I also tried inserting tabs after the field and I
determined the max lenght but that only prevents more characters from being
inserted. How do I preserve the layout of my form ???
Thanks for any help

[Jay Freedman]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:13:00 -0700, Frenchy
wrote:

Hi,

I am new to Word and I created a form with fields to be filled in. I have
issues with the layout changing when multi lined answers are entered. The
text moves everything down as it's entered. I tried using many fields in a
row, that didn't work. I also tried inserting tabs after the field and I
determined the max lenght but that only prevents more characters from being
inserted. How do I preserve the layout of my form ???
Thanks for any help

Create a table, with separate cells for the form fields and for the unchanging
text. Select the whole table, go to Table Table Properties Rows and set an
exact height for the rows. Also click Table AutoFit Fixed Column Width to
prevent changes in horizontal spacing. Now filling in form fields won't move
anything in other cells.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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