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how do you underline a blank space that is to be filled in?
I am trying to make forms in Word for work that have fields that need to be
filled in. How do you underline this area so that it won't move when you fill it in? Example: Name ______________ Date ____________ |
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how do you underline a blank space that is to be filled in?
You can, in design mode, right-click on the field you want underlined, choose
'Font', and then pick from the 'Underline Style' dropdown menu. This will underline the form field when empty, and also each letter that is typed in when it is filled out, without pushing the underline away. Or, if you just want a line to permanently stay in one place under the field and be completely unrelated to the fill-ins, you can go to Insert/Shapes/Lines [this path may be a bit different if you are not in Vista], choose a line and draw it just a hair under the field, as wide as you want, and it won't move. [If it does move, right-click the line, go to 'Format AutoShape', and in the Layout tab, choose 'In Front of Text'. It will always be in the same position, no matter what any text or fields on the page do. Lauralee "EZ ed" wrote: I am trying to make forms in Word for work that have fields that need to be filled in. How do you underline this area so that it won't move when you fill it in? Example: Name ______________ Date ____________ |
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how do you underline a blank space that is to be filled in?
Another thought, if it doesn't work to use the 'In Front of text' option for
a line, go back to Layout, and in the advanced area, un-check the 'Move object with text' box. Lauralee "EZ ed" wrote: I am trying to make forms in Word for work that have fields that need to be filled in. How do you underline this area so that it won't move when you fill it in? Example: Name ______________ Date ____________ |
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how do you underline a blank space that is to be filled in?
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=253
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/he...302701033.aspx http://www.pserie.psu.edu/compcntr/guides/wordforms.pdf -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "EZ ed" EZ wrote in message news I am trying to make forms in Word for work that have fields that need to be filled in. How do you underline this area so that it won't move when you fill it in? Example: Name ______________ Date ____________ |
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how do you underline a blank space that is to be filled in?
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "EZ ed" EZ wrote in message news I am trying to make forms in Word for work that have fields that need to be filled in. How do you underline this area so that it won't move when you fill it in? Example: Name ______________ Date ____________ |
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