Put the field in a fixed-size container (table cell or frame) to set a size
for what can be entered. What you are talking about is what Word calls an
"online form." Check this in help. 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!
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"Scud" wrote in message
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Hi,
I have a form that we use that has a "details" area where multiple lines
of
text can be filled in. However, we already have all 7 lines present for
when
the form is printed and filled in manually. Is there any way to merge the
lines together, so that our people who will fill out the form
electronically
can continue to type onto the next line with out inserting another line
and
pushing the form onto two pages?

Thank you