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Form with table - Extend length of table as needed by user's input
I have a form with two sections. The first section contains Text Form
Fields. The second section contains a table with 4 columns and needs to have a variable number of rows. The amount of information (rows needed) varies greatly from one use of the form to another. One user may need 2 rows to complete the form another may need 50 rows. The second section of the form cannot be a single continous row because the user moves to a new row when the subject matter they are entering involves a new topic. I need the table to extend to a second page of rows if the user needs more rows than are on the first page. I don't want to create a table with multiple pages of blank rows already in it because the extra pages of blank rows will print even when a user hasn't used all of the rows on the first page. Can anyone think of a good way to accomplish what I want to do? |
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Form with table - Extend length of table as needed by user's input
I'm assuming that this is a protected form (since you mentioned text form
fields). Just leave the second section unprotected, and users can press Tab in the last cell of the table to add another row. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "RogerC" wrote in message ... I have a form with two sections. The first section contains Text Form Fields. The second section contains a table with 4 columns and needs to have a variable number of rows. The amount of information (rows needed) varies greatly from one use of the form to another. One user may need 2 rows to complete the form another may need 50 rows. The second section of the form cannot be a single continous row because the user moves to a new row when the subject matter they are entering involves a new topic. I need the table to extend to a second page of rows if the user needs more rows than are on the first page. I don't want to create a table with multiple pages of blank rows already in it because the extra pages of blank rows will print even when a user hasn't used all of the rows on the first page. Can anyone think of a good way to accomplish what I want to do? |
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Thanks Stefan! The users of this form have very little computer experience
so I was hoping for something a bit more transparent to the user; Like having the form automatically create a new row when it reaches the end of a page. But I will use your suggestion and put an instruction somewhere on the form regarding tabing to create a row. "Stefan Blom" wrote: I'm assuming that this is a protected form (since you mentioned text form fields). Just leave the second section unprotected, and users can press Tab in the last cell of the table to add another row. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "RogerC" wrote in message ... I have a form with two sections. The first section contains Text Form Fields. The second section contains a table with 4 columns and needs to have a variable number of rows. The amount of information (rows needed) varies greatly from one use of the form to another. One user may need 2 rows to complete the form another may need 50 rows. The second section of the form cannot be a single continous row because the user moves to a new row when the subject matter they are entering involves a new topic. I need the table to extend to a second page of rows if the user needs more rows than are on the first page. I don't want to create a table with multiple pages of blank rows already in it because the extra pages of blank rows will print even when a user hasn't used all of the rows on the first page. Can anyone think of a good way to accomplish what I want to do? |
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Form with table - Extend length of table as needed by user's i
You are welcome--and thank you for the feedback.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "RogerC" wrote in message news Thanks Stefan! The users of this form have very little computer experience so I was hoping for something a bit more transparent to the user; Like having the form automatically create a new row when it reaches the end of a page. But I will use your suggestion and put an instruction somewhere on the form regarding tabing to create a row. "Stefan Blom" wrote: I'm assuming that this is a protected form (since you mentioned text form fields). Just leave the second section unprotected, and users can press Tab in the last cell of the table to add another row. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "RogerC" wrote in message ... I have a form with two sections. The first section contains Text Form Fields. The second section contains a table with 4 columns and needs to have a variable number of rows. The amount of information (rows needed) varies greatly from one use of the form to another. One user may need 2 rows to complete the form another may need 50 rows. The second section of the form cannot be a single continous row because the user moves to a new row when the subject matter they are entering involves a new topic. I need the table to extend to a second page of rows if the user needs more rows than are on the first page. I don't want to create a table with multiple pages of blank rows already in it because the extra pages of blank rows will print even when a user hasn't used all of the rows on the first page. Can anyone think of a good way to accomplish what I want to do? |
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