PLEASE HELP
I am a school teacher and have been asked to create/set out a new student
report document for teachers.

I have been asked to create a document which has several text boxes in but
that are fixed (i.e. in size, font, location on page, etc).
This means that the different subjects will have a text box to
enterinformation in. These boxes need to be fixed.
The amount of text a teacher can put in is controled. Teachers can not move
the text box around or make it bigger to enter more text in. The size and
style of the font is also fixed. etc etc.
I can make a text box, but when i enter text into it and I get to the bottom
of it, the box gets bigger or the text dissapears out of the text box (but
not onto the main document).

In conclusion I want to make text boxes (or is it frames?) where a teacher
will open up the template report for a child. They will see several text
boxes which I have created and they will be able to enter text into these
text boxes. The style is fixed. The text box can not be made bigger to
accept more text. Everything is fixed.

I have tried looking in the help section and can not find anything simple to
follow.
If you are able to help please provide simple, step by step instructions.

Yours gratefuly

John

Use a table with appropriately bordered cells and set the cell sizes to
fixed dimensions. The finished result can have the appearance of text boxes
and you will not have the problems associated with them.
Text boxes will only cause you grief.
You will probably want to put form fields in the cells to make the form
teacher proof.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Mr John wrote:
PLEASE HELP
I am a school teacher and have been asked to create/set out a new
student report document for teachers.

I have been asked to create a document which has several text boxes
in but that are fixed (i.e. in size, font, location on page, etc).
This means that the different subjects will have a text box to
enterinformation in. These boxes need to be fixed.
The amount of text a teacher can put in is controled. Teachers can
not move the text box around or make it bigger to enter more text in.
The size and style of the font is also fixed. etc etc.
I can make a text box, but when i enter text into it and I get to the
bottom of it, the box gets bigger or the text dissapears out of the
text box (but not onto the main document).

In conclusion I want to make text boxes (or is it frames?) where a
teacher will open up the template report for a child. They will see
several text boxes which I have created and they will be able to
enter text into these text boxes. The style is fixed. The text box
can not be made bigger to accept more text. Everything is fixed.

I have tried looking in the help section and can not find anything
simple to follow.
If you are able to help please provide simple, step by step
instructions.

Yours gratefuly

John

Hi Graham
Are you able to give a step by step proces.
I created a table with 1 column and 10 rows.
And then merged all the cells into one.
Then i went into Table Properties and unchecked 'Automaticaly resize to fit
contents'
Now when i write in the table it has a fixed width but keeps getting bigger
at the bottom of the table if i write more than the table (It expands).
I know this sounds dense of me but i need step by step (for dummies)
instructions.
Thanks

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Use a table with appropriately bordered cells and set the cell sizes to
fixed dimensions. The finished result can have the appearance of text boxes
and you will not have the problems associated with them.
Text boxes will only cause you grief.
You will probably want to put form fields in the cells to make the form
teacher proof.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Mr John wrote:
PLEASE HELP
I am a school teacher and have been asked to create/set out a new
student report document for teachers.

I have been asked to create a document which has several text boxes
in but that are fixed (i.e. in size, font, location on page, etc).
This means that the different subjects will have a text box to
enterinformation in. These boxes need to be fixed.
The amount of text a teacher can put in is controled. Teachers can
not move the text box around or make it bigger to enter more text in.
The size and style of the font is also fixed. etc etc.
I can make a text box, but when i enter text into it and I get to the
bottom of it, the box gets bigger or the text dissapears out of the
text box (but not onto the main document).

In conclusion I want to make text boxes (or is it frames?) where a
teacher will open up the template report for a child. They will see
several text boxes which I have created and they will be able to
enter text into these text boxes. The style is fixed. The text box
can not be made bigger to accept more text. Everything is fixed.

I have tried looking in the help section and can not find anything
simple to follow.
If you are able to help please provide simple, step by step
instructions.

Yours gratefuly

John

You can set an exact row height for the table rows, but unless the document
is protected for forms, you can't prevent teachers from adding rows. For
more on forms, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Mr_John" wrote in message
...
Hi Graham
Are you able to give a step by step proces.
I created a table with 1 column and 10 rows.
And then merged all the cells into one.
Then i went into Table Properties and unchecked 'Automaticaly resize to
fit
contents'
Now when i write in the table it has a fixed width but keeps getting
bigger
at the bottom of the table if i write more than the table (It expands).
I know this sounds dense of me but i need step by step (for dummies)
instructions.
Thanks

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Use a table with appropriately bordered cells and set the cell sizes to
fixed dimensions. The finished result can have the appearance of text
boxes
and you will not have the problems associated with them.
Text boxes will only cause you grief.
You will probably want to put form fields in the cells to make the form
teacher proof.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Mr John wrote:
PLEASE HELP
I am a school teacher and have been asked to create/set out a new
student report document for teachers.

I have been asked to create a document which has several text boxes
in but that are fixed (i.e. in size, font, location on page, etc).
This means that the different subjects will have a text box to
enterinformation in. These boxes need to be fixed.
The amount of text a teacher can put in is controled. Teachers can
not move the text box around or make it bigger to enter more text in.
The size and style of the font is also fixed. etc etc.
I can make a text box, but when i enter text into it and I get to the
bottom of it, the box gets bigger or the text dissapears out of the
text box (but not onto the main document).

In conclusion I want to make text boxes (or is it frames?) where a
teacher will open up the template report for a child. They will see
several text boxes which I have created and they will be able to
enter text into these text boxes. The style is fixed. The text box
can not be made bigger to accept more text. Everything is fixed.

I have tried looking in the help section and can not find anything
simple to follow.
If you are able to help please provide simple, step by step
instructions.

Yours gratefuly

John

Although you can find many free tutorials on forms (Thanks, Suzanne
for the plug)...I also have a forms creation course. The first lesson
discusses various ways to create forms w/tables and how to customize
them...as well as formatting tricks.

That lesson just happens to be the free lesson I have as a sample to
the course. So take advantage of that fact and view that lesson at
this linksee VBA Online):

http://www.mousetrax.com/TechCourses.html#samples

You'll find lots of additional forms tutorials he

http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms

And here's an article on Frames that might help, too...

Understanding Frames and Anchors in Word
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=482

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

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On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 02:00:01 -0700, "Mr John" Mr
wrote:

PLEASE HELP
I am a school teacher and have been asked to create/set out a new student
report document for teachers.

I have been asked to create a document which has several text boxes in but
that are fixed (i.e. in size, font, location on page, etc).
This means that the different subjects will have a text box to
enterinformation in. These boxes need to be fixed.
The amount of text a teacher can put in is controled. Teachers can not move
the text box around or make it bigger to enter more text in. The size and
style of the font is also fixed. etc etc.
I can make a text box, but when i enter text into it and I get to the bottom
of it, the box gets bigger or the text dissapears out of the text box (but
not onto the main document).

In conclusion I want to make text boxes (or is it frames?) where a teacher
will open up the template report for a child. They will see several text
boxes which I have created and they will be able to enter text into these
text boxes. The style is fixed. The text box can not be made bigger to
accept more text. Everything is fixed.

I have tried looking in the help section and can not find anything simple to
follow.
If you are able to help please provide simple, step by step instructions.

Yours gratefuly

John