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October 14th 05, 05:09 PM
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When filling in a form I Created, why does my other text move?
When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the text to
the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to word this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an application with NO tables of any sort. 
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October 14th 05, 06:32 PM
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Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless)
table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells containing form fields. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the text to the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to word this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an application with NO tables of any sort.
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October 14th 05, 07:57 PM
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Hi Suzanne: Thank you so much for your quick reply!
To make myself clear, what you're telling me is --The only way to avoid the text moving is to have a "borderless" table? I guess I was hoping you didn't have to do that because the original application I was trying to manipulate is in size 7 font and 3 pages - creating a table and redoing the app wasn't something time permitting. However, I do appreciate your time! Thanks & Have a great day :-) Janie "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless) table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells containing form fields. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the text to the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to word this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an application with NO tables of any sort.
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October 14th 05, 10:09 PM
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You can insert borderless Frames to hold your fields and restrict their
size, I believe. There is a button for frames on the Forms toolbar. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." 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. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. 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. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne: Thank you so much for your quick reply! To make myself clear, what you're telling me is --The only way to avoid the text moving is to have a "borderless" table? I guess I was hoping you didn't have to do that because the original application I was trying to manipulate is in size 7 font and 3 pages - creating a table and redoing the app wasn't something time permitting. However, I do appreciate your time! Thanks & Have a great day :-) Janie "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless) table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells containing form fields. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the text to the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to word this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an application with NO tables of any sort.
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October 15th 05, 12:27 AM
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Thank you very much for your help. - I truly appreciate all of the
links/information you've included. I really wish I would have learned about this "Discussion Group" sooner. It would have saved me alot of time... which is so hard to come by. So, again...I thank both of you....Charles Kenyon & Suzanne Barnhill - for your quick & insightful replies. Janie "Charles Kenyon" wrote: You can insert borderless Frames to hold your fields and restrict their size, I believe. There is a button for frames on the Forms toolbar. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." 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. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. 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. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne: Thank you so much for your quick reply! To make myself clear, what you're telling me is --The only way to avoid the text moving is to have a "borderless" table? I guess I was hoping you didn't have to do that because the original application I was trying to manipulate is in size 7 font and 3 pages - creating a table and redoing the app wasn't something time permitting. However, I do appreciate your time! Thanks & Have a great day :-) Janie "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless) table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells containing form fields. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the text to the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to word this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an application with NO tables of any sort.
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November 15th 05, 07:06 PM
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When filling in a form I Created, why does my other text move?(NEW
Hi - I have the same question you had here - did any of these solutions work
for you? I am creating a form in word with using fields for user to tab through and enter information - when they fill in the first field, it automatically moves the next field/text on the same line to either to the right, making it out of line, or to the next row. I need for the data fields/text entry to remain static. Is this the same thing you tried to do? Any assistance in trying to understand some of the responses would be so appreciated - I am also in a time crunch and have been working on this for days! Thanks!! Tami "Montanagrizfans" wrote: Thank you very much for your help. - I truly appreciate all of the links/information you've included. I really wish I would have learned about this "Discussion Group" sooner. It would have saved me alot of time... which is so hard to come by. So, again...I thank both of you....Charles Kenyon & Suzanne Barnhill - for your quick & insightful replies. Janie "Charles Kenyon" wrote: You can insert borderless Frames to hold your fields and restrict their size, I believe. There is a button for frames on the Forms toolbar. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." 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. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. 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. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne: Thank you so much for your quick reply! To make myself clear, what you're telling me is --The only way to avoid the text moving is to have a "borderless" table? I guess I was hoping you didn't have to do that because the original application I was trying to manipulate is in size 7 font and 3 pages - creating a table and redoing the app wasn't something time permitting. However, I do appreciate your time! Thanks & Have a great day :-) Janie "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless) table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells containing form fields. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the text to the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to word this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an application with NO tables of any sort.
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November 15th 05, 07:35 PM
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When filling in a form I Created, why does my other text move?(NEW
Try the suggestions. They work. Either a fixed-sized table cells or frames
will limit the area in which information can be entered and keep it from moving you. -- 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. "Tami" wrote in message ... Hi - I have the same question you had here - did any of these solutions work for you? I am creating a form in word with using fields for user to tab through and enter information - when they fill in the first field, it automatically moves the next field/text on the same line to either to the right, making it out of line, or to the next row. I need for the data fields/text entry to remain static. Is this the same thing you tried to do? Any assistance in trying to understand some of the responses would be so appreciated - I am also in a time crunch and have been working on this for days! Thanks!! Tami "Montanagrizfans" wrote: Thank you very much for your help. - I truly appreciate all of the links/information you've included. I really wish I would have learned about this "Discussion Group" sooner. It would have saved me alot of time... which is so hard to come by. So, again...I thank both of you....Charles Kenyon & Suzanne Barnhill - for your quick & insightful replies. Janie "Charles Kenyon" wrote: You can insert borderless Frames to hold your fields and restrict their size, I believe. There is a button for frames on the Forms toolbar. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." 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. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. 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. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne: Thank you so much for your quick reply! To make myself clear, what you're telling me is --The only way to avoid the text moving is to have a "borderless" table? I guess I was hoping you didn't have to do that because the original application I was trying to manipulate is in size 7 font and 3 pages - creating a table and redoing the app wasn't something time permitting. However, I do appreciate your time! Thanks & Have a great day :-) Janie "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless) table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells containing form fields. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the text to the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to word this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an application with NO tables of any sort.
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November 22nd 05, 05:50 PM
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When filling in a form I Created, why does my other text move?
I am not sure if I had responded, as I was so excited once I went to this
link - what great information! Thanks for the info. BTW - the best way that I found to do it is to insert a table (as mentioned previously), with no border and insert my fields there. Have a great Thanksgiving! "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Try the suggestions. They work. Either a fixed-sized table cells or frames will limit the area in which information can be entered and keep it from moving you. -- 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. "Tami" wrote in message ... Hi - I have the same question you had here - did any of these solutions work for you? I am creating a form in word with using fields for user to tab through and enter information - when they fill in the first field, it automatically moves the next field/text on the same line to either to the right, making it out of line, or to the next row. I need for the data fields/text entry to remain static. Is this the same thing you tried to do? Any assistance in trying to understand some of the responses would be so appreciated - I am also in a time crunch and have been working on this for days! Thanks!! Tami "Montanagrizfans" wrote: Thank you very much for your help. - I truly appreciate all of the links/information you've included. I really wish I would have learned about this "Discussion Group" sooner. It would have saved me alot of time... which is so hard to come by. So, again...I thank both of you....Charles Kenyon & Suzanne Barnhill - for your quick & insightful replies. Janie "Charles Kenyon" wrote: You can insert borderless Frames to hold your fields and restrict their size, I believe. There is a button for frames on the Forms toolbar. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." 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. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. 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. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne: Thank you so much for your quick reply! To make myself clear, what you're telling me is --The only way to avoid the text moving is to have a "borderless" table? I guess I was hoping you didn't have to do that because the original application I was trying to manipulate is in size 7 font and 3 pages - creating a table and redoing the app wasn't something time permitting. However, I do appreciate your time! Thanks & Have a great day :-) Janie "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless) table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells containing form fields. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Montanagrizfans" wrote in message ... When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the text to the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to word this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an application with NO tables of any sort.
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