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HELP - need to keep people from accidentally clicking inside the c
I have a form created in Word using tables, cells and the form field tool -
just the usual method. I need to keep people from accidentally clicking inside the cell (beyond the form field). As it is now, if I allow "form filling" they can only type in the field BUT they can use their mouse to click inside the cell and press enter to add lines and increase the size of the cell...messing up my layout. If I choose read-only, they can't fill in the form Am I missing something?? I must be able to prevent them from changing the cell or row height by pressing enter. I'd GREATLY appreciate any advice!!! Thanks!! |
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HELP - need to keep people from accidentally clicking inside the c
If you protect the document for forms, there is no way anyone can
click in the table cell outside the form field. Form protection prevents the cursor from being *anywhere* in the document except inside a form field. However, they can press Enter inside the form field, and that will expand the table cell unless you prevent it. To prevent it, go to Table Table Properties Row and set the row height to an Exact value for each row. -- 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 Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:27:01 -0700, Steph wrote: I have a form created in Word using tables, cells and the form field tool - just the usual method. I need to keep people from accidentally clicking inside the cell (beyond the form field). As it is now, if I allow "form filling" they can only type in the field BUT they can use their mouse to click inside the cell and press enter to add lines and increase the size of the cell...messing up my layout. If I choose read-only, they can't fill in the form Am I missing something?? I must be able to prevent them from changing the cell or row height by pressing enter. I'd GREATLY appreciate any advice!!! Thanks!! |
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HELP - need to keep people from accidentally clicking inside the c
Have you set the row height to an Exact amount?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Steph" wrote in message ... I have a form created in Word using tables, cells and the form field tool - just the usual method. I need to keep people from accidentally clicking inside the cell (beyond the form field). As it is now, if I allow "form filling" they can only type in the field BUT they can use their mouse to click inside the cell and press enter to add lines and increase the size of the cell...messing up my layout. If I choose read-only, they can't fill in the form Am I missing something?? I must be able to prevent them from changing the cell or row height by pressing enter. I'd GREATLY appreciate any advice!!! Thanks!! |
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