Is there a way to keep users from hitting the enter key and adding additional
lines to forms?

I want them to only be able to fill out the form fields with a set number of
characters but I can not find a way to disallow them to hit the enter key in
those form fields. You used to be able to do this in the older versions of
Word.

By the way, I am using Word 2003

You can put the form field in a table cell with Exact height. Or see €œWD:
How to Code ENTER Key to Move to Next Field in Form€�
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=211219

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"lilkyla" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to keep users from hitting the enter key and adding
additional
lines to forms?

I want them to only be able to fill out the form fields with a set number
of
characters but I can not find a way to disallow them to hit the enter key
in
those form fields. You used to be able to do this in the older versions
of
Word.

By the way, I am using Word 2003

The Enter key hasn't been tied to form field navigation since Word 95.
:-)

The best way to do what you want is to use borderless Word tables and
set the row height to an exact measurement. This doesn't prevent them
from pressing Enter but doing so will not add extra space.

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"lilkyla" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to keep users from hitting the enter key and adding
additional
lines to forms?

I want them to only be able to fill out the form fields with a set
number of
characters but I can not find a way to disallow them to hit the
enter key in
those form fields. You used to be able to do this in the older
versions of
Word.

By the way, I am using Word 2003