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create a text link using a text box for forms
I have a form that may, at times, need to be continued on a sepearate page.
I insert a text box from the control toolbox and would like to do a text link, where, if there is not enough room to type everything, instead of wrecking the format of the form by to many line breaks, it will continue on another page. I can do it with a regulare text box, but then when I protect the form, you cannot get into it to type what you need to type, whereas with the control box text box, you can, but I can't get it to do a text link. Can anyone out there help please. Thanks |
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Use a textbox from the Forms toolbar instead. Many people use control
toolbox objects unnecessarily. http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ************ Anne Troy VBA Project Manager www.OfficeArticles.com "ClassyIrish" wrote in message ... I have a form that may, at times, need to be continued on a sepearate page. I insert a text box from the control toolbox and would like to do a text link, where, if there is not enough room to type everything, instead of wrecking the format of the form by to many line breaks, it will continue on another page. I can do it with a regulare text box, but then when I protect the form, you cannot get into it to type what you need to type, whereas with the control box text box, you can, but I can't get it to do a text link. Can anyone out there help please. Thanks |
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Hi anne,
I have tried the textbox from the forms toolbar, but can't do a text link to continue on another page. Though, when protected, you can type in it. Used just a 'textbox' and set up a text link to another page, works perfect, until you protect the document. I have about a three line area in a form for someone to type prognosis of a concern. What I want to do is eliminate the 4th line break, which will add a space to my form, which then will bring the bottom parts of my form to a new page. I don't want that, I would like my professionals to be able to type to their hearts content, if need be, but just continue with a text link to another page automatically, all this while the form is protected. I haven't found the answer to that yet. Maybe you have an idea or two that I haven't as of yet, tried??? "Anne Troy" wrote: Use a textbox from the Forms toolbar instead. Many people use control toolbox objects unnecessarily. http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ************ Anne Troy VBA Project Manager www.OfficeArticles.com "ClassyIrish" wrote in message ... I have a form that may, at times, need to be continued on a sepearate page. I insert a text box from the control toolbox and would like to do a text link, where, if there is not enough room to type everything, instead of wrecking the format of the form by to many line breaks, it will continue on another page. I can do it with a regulare text box, but then when I protect the form, you cannot get into it to type what you need to type, whereas with the control box text box, you can, but I can't get it to do a text link. Can anyone out there help please. Thanks |
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I'm not sure what the problem is. If you allow them to type as much as they
want, why do you need to control it going to a new page? Why do you need to link at all? Trying to understand. ************ Anne Troy VBA Project Manager www.OfficeArticles.com "ClassyIrish" wrote in message ... Hi anne, I have tried the textbox from the forms toolbar, but can't do a text link to continue on another page. Though, when protected, you can type in it. Used just a 'textbox' and set up a text link to another page, works perfect, until you protect the document. I have about a three line area in a form for someone to type prognosis of a concern. What I want to do is eliminate the 4th line break, which will add a space to my form, which then will bring the bottom parts of my form to a new page. I don't want that, I would like my professionals to be able to type to their hearts content, if need be, but just continue with a text link to another page automatically, all this while the form is protected. I haven't found the answer to that yet. Maybe you have an idea or two that I haven't as of yet, tried??? "Anne Troy" wrote: Use a textbox from the Forms toolbar instead. Many people use control toolbox objects unnecessarily. http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ************ Anne Troy VBA Project Manager www.OfficeArticles.com "ClassyIrish" wrote in message ... I have a form that may, at times, need to be continued on a sepearate page. I insert a text box from the control toolbox and would like to do a text link, where, if there is not enough room to type everything, instead of wrecking the format of the form by to many line breaks, it will continue on another page. I can do it with a regulare text box, but then when I protect the form, you cannot get into it to type what you need to type, whereas with the control box text box, you can, but I can't get it to do a text link. Can anyone out there help please. Thanks |
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Because, on the page, which needs to stay intact as is, there is only room to
type in font 8 three lines. If you word wrap into four lines it takes the end of the form to a new page. I don't want that. IF they need to type more then three lines, I want it to continue on a blank page at the end of the three page form. I was having the same trouble with the enter key. Found a macro that disables the enter key from making a line break in a protected form. Works fantastic. Found that a regular text box, sized to hold three lines, and using text box link, works fantastic also, does exactly what I want, drawback, when the form is protected, can't type anything in the box. When I try to do a continous break before and after the text box so that I can unprotect that section, you still can only type AROUND the text box, not IN the textbox. Hopefully you see my predicament now. Any ideas? "Anne Troy" wrote: I'm not sure what the problem is. If you allow them to type as much as they want, why do you need to control it going to a new page? Why do you need to link at all? Trying to understand. ************ Anne Troy VBA Project Manager www.OfficeArticles.com "ClassyIrish" wrote in message ... Hi anne, I have tried the textbox from the forms toolbar, but can't do a text link to continue on another page. Though, when protected, you can type in it. Used just a 'textbox' and set up a text link to another page, works perfect, until you protect the document. I have about a three line area in a form for someone to type prognosis of a concern. What I want to do is eliminate the 4th line break, which will add a space to my form, which then will bring the bottom parts of my form to a new page. I don't want that, I would like my professionals to be able to type to their hearts content, if need be, but just continue with a text link to another page automatically, all this while the form is protected. I haven't found the answer to that yet. Maybe you have an idea or two that I haven't as of yet, tried??? "Anne Troy" wrote: Use a textbox from the Forms toolbar instead. Many people use control toolbox objects unnecessarily. http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ************ Anne Troy VBA Project Manager www.OfficeArticles.com "ClassyIrish" wrote in message ... I have a form that may, at times, need to be continued on a sepearate page. I insert a text box from the control toolbox and would like to do a text link, where, if there is not enough room to type everything, instead of wrecking the format of the form by to many line breaks, it will continue on another page. I can do it with a regulare text box, but then when I protect the form, you cannot get into it to type what you need to type, whereas with the control box text box, you can, but I can't get it to do a text link. Can anyone out there help please. Thanks |
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A little better, yes, but I think a better design would resolve the issue.
Please feel free to send your doc and I'll check it out. However, have you tried putting the text form field into a table cell set to EXACTLY X" high? This would force them to tab to the next field, hopefully. While it would allow them to continue typing, it won't be seen... ************ Anne Troy VBA Project Manager www.OfficeArticles.com "ClassyIrish" wrote in message ... Because, on the page, which needs to stay intact as is, there is only room to type in font 8 three lines. If you word wrap into four lines it takes the end of the form to a new page. I don't want that. IF they need to type more then three lines, I want it to continue on a blank page at the end of the three page form. I was having the same trouble with the enter key. Found a macro that disables the enter key from making a line break in a protected form. Works fantastic. Found that a regular text box, sized to hold three lines, and using text box link, works fantastic also, does exactly what I want, drawback, when the form is protected, can't type anything in the box. When I try to do a continous break before and after the text box so that I can unprotect that section, you still can only type AROUND the text box, not IN the textbox. Hopefully you see my predicament now. Any ideas? "Anne Troy" wrote: I'm not sure what the problem is. If you allow them to type as much as they want, why do you need to control it going to a new page? Why do you need to link at all? Trying to understand. ************ Anne Troy VBA Project Manager www.OfficeArticles.com "ClassyIrish" wrote in message ... Hi anne, I have tried the textbox from the forms toolbar, but can't do a text link to continue on another page. Though, when protected, you can type in it. Used just a 'textbox' and set up a text link to another page, works perfect, until you protect the document. I have about a three line area in a form for someone to type prognosis of a concern. What I want to do is eliminate the 4th line break, which will add a space to my form, which then will bring the bottom parts of my form to a new page. I don't want that, I would like my professionals to be able to type to their hearts content, if need be, but just continue with a text link to another page automatically, all this while the form is protected. I haven't found the answer to that yet. Maybe you have an idea or two that I haven't as of yet, tried??? "Anne Troy" wrote: Use a textbox from the Forms toolbar instead. Many people use control toolbox objects unnecessarily. http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ************ Anne Troy VBA Project Manager www.OfficeArticles.com "ClassyIrish" wrote in message ... I have a form that may, at times, need to be continued on a sepearate page. I insert a text box from the control toolbox and would like to do a text link, where, if there is not enough room to type everything, instead of wrecking the format of the form by to many line breaks, it will continue on another page. I can do it with a regulare text box, but then when I protect the form, you cannot get into it to type what you need to type, whereas with the control box text box, you can, but I can't get it to do a text link. Can anyone out there help please. Thanks |
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