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I've been asked to set up a form template in Word 2003. I need to insert an
editable text box, but prevent text entered into the text box from overflowing. Anyone know how I can prevent another user's text from overflowing the box provided? |
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Use a table cell and fix the row height and column width. You won't be able
to stop users from overfilling the available space, but the excess text will disappear so should give the users a clue that all is not well  -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: I've been asked to set up a form template in Word 2003. I need to insert an editable text box, but prevent text entered into the text box from overflowing. Anyone know how I can prevent another user's text from overflowing the box provided? |
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Thanks, Graham. I should have indicated that the actual space to be
filled-in is fixed (I did use a table cell). What I need to prevent happening is the disappearing text. Once the space is full, I need it to stop accepting characters. I've thought of linking the box to a box on the next page, but for some reason, it wouldn't link. Perhaps because I DID use a table cell? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use a table cell and fix the row height and column width. You won't be able to stop users from overfilling the available space, but the excess text will disappear so should give the users a clue that all is not well -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: I've been asked to set up a form template in Word 2003. I need to insert an editable text box, but prevent text entered into the text box from overflowing. Anyone know how I can prevent another user's text from overflowing the box provided? |
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Limit the text input by setting the text field property to the number of
characters that will nearly fill the space. This will stop the users typing when the limit is reached. You cannot link table cells in the manner you describe. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: Thanks, Graham. I should have indicated that the actual space to be filled-in is fixed (I did use a table cell). What I need to prevent happening is the disappearing text. Once the space is full, I need it to stop accepting characters. I've thought of linking the box to a box on the next page, but for some reason, it wouldn't link. Perhaps because I DID use a table cell? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use a table cell and fix the row height and column width. You won't be able to stop users from overfilling the available space, but the excess text will disappear so should give the users a clue that all is not well -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: I've been asked to set up a form template in Word 2003. I need to insert an editable text box, but prevent text entered into the text box from overflowing. Anyone know how I can prevent another user's text from overflowing the box provided? |
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Still working on the issue of limiting text within a text box. The text box
is actually almost an entire page and I have not been able to figure how many characters that would contain. Any ideas? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Limit the text input by setting the text field property to the number of characters that will nearly fill the space. This will stop the users typing when the limit is reached. You cannot link table cells in the manner you describe. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: Thanks, Graham. I should have indicated that the actual space to be filled-in is fixed (I did use a table cell). What I need to prevent happening is the disappearing text. Once the space is full, I need it to stop accepting characters. I've thought of linking the box to a box on the next page, but for some reason, it wouldn't link. Perhaps because I DID use a table cell? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use a table cell and fix the row height and column width. You won't be able to stop users from overfilling the available space, but the excess text will disappear so should give the users a clue that all is not well -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: I've been asked to set up a form template in Word 2003. I need to insert an editable text box, but prevent text entered into the text box from overflowing. Anyone know how I can prevent another user's text from overflowing the box provided? |
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Fill the box with text, select the visible text and run the following macro
to count the characters Sub CountChars() MsgBox Selection.Characters.Count End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: Still working on the issue of limiting text within a text box. The text box is actually almost an entire page and I have not been able to figure how many characters that would contain. Any ideas? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Limit the text input by setting the text field property to the number of characters that will nearly fill the space. This will stop the users typing when the limit is reached. You cannot link table cells in the manner you describe. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: Thanks, Graham. I should have indicated that the actual space to be filled-in is fixed (I did use a table cell). What I need to prevent happening is the disappearing text. Once the space is full, I need it to stop accepting characters. I've thought of linking the box to a box on the next page, but for some reason, it wouldn't link. Perhaps because I DID use a table cell? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use a table cell and fix the row height and column width. You won't be able to stop users from overfilling the available space, but the excess text will disappear so should give the users a clue that all is not well -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: I've been asked to set up a form template in Word 2003. I need to insert an editable text box, but prevent text entered into the text box from overflowing. Anyone know how I can prevent another user's text from overflowing the box provided? |
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I'll give it a try. Thank you!
"Graham Mayor" wrote: Fill the box with text, select the visible text and run the following macro to count the characters Sub CountChars() MsgBox Selection.Characters.Count End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: Still working on the issue of limiting text within a text box. The text box is actually almost an entire page and I have not been able to figure how many characters that would contain. Any ideas? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Limit the text input by setting the text field property to the number of characters that will nearly fill the space. This will stop the users typing when the limit is reached. You cannot link table cells in the manner you describe. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: Thanks, Graham. I should have indicated that the actual space to be filled-in is fixed (I did use a table cell). What I need to prevent happening is the disappearing text. Once the space is full, I need it to stop accepting characters. I've thought of linking the box to a box on the next page, but for some reason, it wouldn't link. Perhaps because I DID use a table cell? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use a table cell and fix the row height and column width. You won't be able to stop users from overfilling the available space, but the excess text will disappear so should give the users a clue that all is not well -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LMW wrote: I've been asked to set up a form template in Word 2003. I need to insert an editable text box, but prevent text entered into the text box from overflowing. Anyone know how I can prevent another user's text from overflowing the box provided? |
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