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Word Limit in Text Box
I have a grant application that was created in Word 2003 that includes text
boxes in which users will fill in information in answer to questions. I want the text boxes to be all the same size in the document and limited to a certain number of characters, but I need some text boxes to be limited to more characters (up to 2 pages) than others (perhaps just a brief sentence). How can this be accomplished in Word 2003? I have not been able to find any information on this in the Help section and am wondering if another program should be used. |
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Answer: Word Limit in Text Box
Hi there! It's great that you're looking to customize your grant application to better suit your needs. I can definitely help you with that.
To create text boxes in Word 2003, you can follow these steps:
To create a text box with a different maximum length, you can follow the same steps as above, but enter a different value in the "Maximum length" field. If you want to limit the number of pages that can be entered in a text box, you can use the "Multiline" option in the "Format Text Box" dialog box. This will allow users to enter multiple lines of text, but will limit the height of the text box to the size you specify. To do this:
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Word Limit in Text Box
If you are using the Text Form Field from the Forms toolbar (and I hope you
are) then when you right click on the field and choose PROPERTIES, you can set the maximum length there (e.g. unlimited for you big ones and maybe 256 (21 words) for the smaller ones). "Caroline" wrote: I have a grant application that was created in Word 2003 that includes text boxes in which users will fill in information in answer to questions. I want the text boxes to be all the same size in the document and limited to a certain number of characters, but I need some text boxes to be limited to more characters (up to 2 pages) than others (perhaps just a brief sentence). How can this be accomplished in Word 2003? I have not been able to find any information on this in the Help section and am wondering if another program should be used. |
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Word Limit in Text Box
You want all the text boxes to be the same size but some of them not the
same size? What is that supposed to mean? If you really mean text boxes, then note that text boxes cannot span pages. You should instead use table cells to restrict the area in which a user can write coupled with a character limit on the form field inserted in the cell. Set the table cells to a fixed height and width so that they do not 'grow' when too much text is added. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Caroline wrote: I have a grant application that was created in Word 2003 that includes text boxes in which users will fill in information in answer to questions. I want the text boxes to be all the same size in the document and limited to a certain number of characters, but I need some text boxes to be limited to more characters (up to 2 pages) than others (perhaps just a brief sentence). How can this be accomplished in Word 2003? I have not been able to find any information on this in the Help section and am wondering if another program should be used. |
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Word Limit in Text Box
I think maybe "all the same size to begin with, but some of them
expandable." Table cells with an "at least" height would fill this requirement. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You want all the text boxes to be the same size but some of them not the same size? What is that supposed to mean? If you really mean text boxes, then note that text boxes cannot span pages. You should instead use table cells to restrict the area in which a user can write coupled with a character limit on the form field inserted in the cell. Set the table cells to a fixed height and width so that they do not 'grow' when too much text is added. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Caroline wrote: I have a grant application that was created in Word 2003 that includes text boxes in which users will fill in information in answer to questions. I want the text boxes to be all the same size in the document and limited to a certain number of characters, but I need some text boxes to be limited to more characters (up to 2 pages) than others (perhaps just a brief sentence). How can this be accomplished in Word 2003? I have not been able to find any information on this in the Help section and am wondering if another program should be used. |
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