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How do I convert a series of underscores to a fill in field?
I have a Word document where a series of underscore characters was used to
create "blanks" to be filled in when the document is printed. I would like to convert to a fill-in form but there seems to be no way to replace the underscores with a text field of equal length with a "frame" consisting of a single line at the bottom. Everything I have tried completely destroys the formatting / layout. I cannot believe that no one has run across this before and that it should be so difficult as people must have been converting old "print, fill out and sign" forms to "fill in, print and sign" forms for some time now. Help! |
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How do I convert a series of underscores to a fill in field?
See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. If you need
other text to not shift in response to the length of your responses, it needs to be in a fixed-size holder such as a frame or a fixed-size table cell. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "helmcj" wrote in message ... I have a Word document where a series of underscore characters was used to create "blanks" to be filled in when the document is printed. I would like to convert to a fill-in form but there seems to be no way to replace the underscores with a text field of equal length with a "frame" consisting of a single line at the bottom. Everything I have tried completely destroys the formatting / layout. I cannot believe that no one has run across this before and that it should be so difficult as people must have been converting old "print, fill out and sign" forms to "fill in, print and sign" forms for some time now. Help! |
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