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fix a field length? please help
Hello, I have a table in a document with about 6 rows. It is more like a form, where there is a label and the user of this document can enter the value next to that particular label in each of the rows. Now, I need to fix the field length of one of the rows to 2000 characters. I thought that the best way to do this would be to insert a textbox in the 'value' column of that field. I used the Drawing Toolbar to insert a textbox. I have one main problem here. When I type in the text, it either goes out of the range or is displayed vertically. I have the following combinations in the Properties for each of those: 1. The text which I input into the textbox goes out of the range (which means, it goes outside of my table and outside of the word document. The combinations: Autosize: False Integral Height: True MultiLine: True SelectionMargin: False WordWrap: True 2. The text is entered vertically. The combinations: Autosize: True Rest same I do not know what to do. Can someone please help? Thanks in advance. Dimple. |
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You need to look at Form Fields. The Text Form Field, which you can define
its maximum input size, will be perfect for this. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP wrote in message ... Hello, I have a table in a document with about 6 rows. It is more like a form, where there is a label and the user of this document can enter the value next to that particular label in each of the rows. Now, I need to fix the field length of one of the rows to 2000 characters. I thought that the best way to do this would be to insert a textbox in the 'value' column of that field. I used the Drawing Toolbar to insert a textbox. I have one main problem here. When I type in the text, it either goes out of the range or is displayed vertically. I have the following combinations in the Properties for each of those: 1. The text which I input into the textbox goes out of the range (which means, it goes outside of my table and outside of the word document. The combinations: Autosize: False Integral Height: True MultiLine: True SelectionMargin: False WordWrap: True 2. The text is entered vertically. The combinations: Autosize: True Rest same I do not know what to do. Can someone please help? Thanks in advance. Dimple. |
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And the usual approach to preserve the layout of the form is to place the
fields inside table cells whose dimensions are fixed. There is also a macro to prevent users from inserting return characters inside the field. See this KB article: How to code the ENTER key to move between form fields in a protected form in Word http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211219/en-us -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... You need to look at Form Fields. The Text Form Field, which you can define its maximum input size, will be perfect for this. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP wrote in message ... Hello, I have a table in a document with about 6 rows. It is more like a form, where there is a label and the user of this document can enter the value next to that particular label in each of the rows. Now, I need to fix the field length of one of the rows to 2000 characters. I thought that the best way to do this would be to insert a textbox in the 'value' column of that field. I used the Drawing Toolbar to insert a textbox. I have one main problem here. When I type in the text, it either goes out of the range or is displayed vertically. I have the following combinations in the Properties for each of those: 1. The text which I input into the textbox goes out of the range (which means, it goes outside of my table and outside of the word document. The combinations: Autosize: False Integral Height: True MultiLine: True SelectionMargin: False WordWrap: True 2. The text is entered vertically. The combinations: Autosize: True Rest same I do not know what to do. Can someone please help? Thanks in advance. Dimple. |
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On Mar 6, 7:41*am, "Stefan Blom" wrote:
And the usual approach to preserve the layout of the form is to place the fields inside table cells whose dimensions are fixed. There is also a macro to prevent users from inserting return characters inside the field. See this KB article: How to code the ENTER key to move between form fields in a protected form in Wordhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/211219/en-us -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... You need to look at Form Fields. The Text Form Field, which you can define its maximum input size, will be perfect for this. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP wrote in message ... Hello, I have a table in a document with about 6 rows. It is more like a form, where there is a label and the user of this document can enter the value next to that particular label in each of the rows. Now, I need to fix the field length of one of the rows to 2000 characters. I thought that the best way to do this would be to insert a textbox in the 'value' column of that field. I used the Drawing Toolbar to insert a textbox. I have one main problem here. When I type in the text, it either goes out of the range or is displayed vertically. I have the following combinations in the Properties for each of those: 1. The text which I input into the textbox goes out of the range (which means, it goes outside of my table and outside of the word document. The combinations: Autosize: False Integral Height: True MultiLine: True SelectionMargin: False WordWrap: True 2. The text is entered vertically. The combinations: Autosize: True Rest same I do not know what to do. Can someone please help? Thanks in advance. Dimple.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks for replying. I am sorry, I should have mentioned before; I am not allowed to use macros for this one and hence I am using the Drawing Toolbar and not the Forms Toolbar. I can set the maximum length in a textbox. The problem is the appearance, it either accepts the characters vertically or the inputted characters goes out of the range of the document. |
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Form fields do not require macros--don't know where you got that idea.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA wrote in message ... On Mar 6, 7:41 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: And the usual approach to preserve the layout of the form is to place the fields inside table cells whose dimensions are fixed. There is also a macro to prevent users from inserting return characters inside the field. See this KB article: How to code the ENTER key to move between form fields in a protected form in Wordhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/211219/en-us -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... You need to look at Form Fields. The Text Form Field, which you can define its maximum input size, will be perfect for this. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP wrote in message ... Hello, I have a table in a document with about 6 rows. It is more like a form, where there is a label and the user of this document can enter the value next to that particular label in each of the rows. Now, I need to fix the field length of one of the rows to 2000 characters. I thought that the best way to do this would be to insert a textbox in the 'value' column of that field. I used the Drawing Toolbar to insert a textbox. I have one main problem here. When I type in the text, it either goes out of the range or is displayed vertically. I have the following combinations in the Properties for each of those: 1. The text which I input into the textbox goes out of the range (which means, it goes outside of my table and outside of the word document. The combinations: Autosize: False Integral Height: True MultiLine: True SelectionMargin: False WordWrap: True 2. The text is entered vertically. The combinations: Autosize: True Rest same I do not know what to do. Can someone please help? Thanks in advance. Dimple.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks for replying. I am sorry, I should have mentioned before; I am not allowed to use macros for this one and hence I am using the Drawing Toolbar and not the Forms Toolbar. I can set the maximum length in a textbox. The problem is the appearance, it either accepts the characters vertically or the inputted characters goes out of the range of the document. |
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