I really don't see the point of having this text underlined. I would think
that you would want a contract to appear to have been created for a specific
purpose, not as a form document (even though it is); in such a case, you
would want the text to reflow naturally. MacroButton fields will do just
what you want (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm), albeit without
the underlining (though I suppose you could underline the field). If you
really want to preserve the layout, you're going to have to use form fields
and put them in a table with cells of fixed height and width, which doesn't
seem to me at all reasonable for a contract.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"Beverly" wrote in message
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Hello,

I'm creating a contract in MS Word (2003) that will have several areas
that
need information typed in later. I want those areas to be underlined.
Can
someone tell me how to insert some type of button/field so that I can just
click on that area when I am ready to type in it and it will automatically
all be underlined? Right now, if I start typing in that area, it moves
the
text to the right as I'm typing and I have to reformat everything
everytime
I do.

Thanks for the help,
Beverly