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underlining a field
We are trying to make up a questionare-esq form for work, and are running
into a small problem that the boss says has to be taken care of. We have about 50 questions and each one has an area on the right side of the page for a response. It is going to be an online form, as well as a print form, which is where the problem lies. The right side answer collumn (no we didnt use tables, but for lack of a better word ill call it a collumn) needs to be underlined for each answer, so that things wont get messy. We need the lines to appear when printed for hand fill, or when the form is filled out online. How can we make it so that words will automaticly show up underlined, without pushing the line down to the next row via the wrap-around? The lines also need to be there when no words are entered. We tried setting it up with words automaticly being underlined, but then nothing appears when you just print to handfill it. Any suggestions, short of reformatting the whole thing for tables? |
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Hi Joe,
You could: .. add a right-aligned tab-stop at the appropriate position after the formfield .. insert a tab to occupy the space before the tab-stop .. select the formfield and tab and apply an underline to both the formfield and tab. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Joe" wrote in message ... We are trying to make up a questionare-esq form for work, and are running into a small problem that the boss says has to be taken care of. We have about 50 questions and each one has an area on the right side of the page for a response. It is going to be an online form, as well as a print form, which is where the problem lies. The right side answer collumn (no we didnt use tables, but for lack of a better word ill call it a collumn) needs to be underlined for each answer, so that things wont get messy. We need the lines to appear when printed for hand fill, or when the form is filled out online. How can we make it so that words will automaticly show up underlined, without pushing the line down to the next row via the wrap-around? The lines also need to be there when no words are entered. We tried setting it up with words automaticly being underlined, but then nothing appears when you just print to handfill it. Any suggestions, short of reformatting the whole thing for tables? |
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Now adding this tab stop will keep the field underlined all the time for
printing to fill out by hand, as well as stay there when someone trys to type an entry into the field? "macropod" wrote: Hi Joe, You could: .. add a right-aligned tab-stop at the appropriate position after the formfield .. insert a tab to occupy the space before the tab-stop .. select the formfield and tab and apply an underline to both the formfield and tab. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Joe" wrote in message ... We are trying to make up a questionare-esq form for work, and are running into a small problem that the boss says has to be taken care of. We have about 50 questions and each one has an area on the right side of the page for a response. It is going to be an online form, as well as a print form, which is where the problem lies. The right side answer collumn (no we didnt use tables, but for lack of a better word ill call it a collumn) needs to be underlined for each answer, so that things wont get messy. We need the lines to appear when printed for hand fill, or when the form is filled out online. How can we make it so that words will automaticly show up underlined, without pushing the line down to the next row via the wrap-around? The lines also need to be there when no words are entered. We tried setting it up with words automaticly being underlined, but then nothing appears when you just print to handfill it. Any suggestions, short of reformatting the whole thing for tables? |
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Your best bet is to go back and use a table, with a bottom border for the
cell containing a text form field. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Joe" wrote in message ... We are trying to make up a questionare-esq form for work, and are running into a small problem that the boss says has to be taken care of. We have about 50 questions and each one has an area on the right side of the page for a response. It is going to be an online form, as well as a print form, which is where the problem lies. The right side answer collumn (no we didnt use tables, but for lack of a better word ill call it a collumn) needs to be underlined for each answer, so that things wont get messy. We need the lines to appear when printed for hand fill, or when the form is filled out online. How can we make it so that words will automaticly show up underlined, without pushing the line down to the next row via the wrap-around? The lines also need to be there when no words are entered. We tried setting it up with words automaticly being underlined, but then nothing appears when you just print to handfill it. Any suggestions, short of reformatting the whole thing for tables? |
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Hi Joe,
Did you try it? -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Joe" wrote in message ... Now adding this tab stop will keep the field underlined all the time for printing to fill out by hand, as well as stay there when someone trys to type an entry into the field? "macropod" wrote: Hi Joe, You could: .. add a right-aligned tab-stop at the appropriate position after the formfield .. insert a tab to occupy the space before the tab-stop .. select the formfield and tab and apply an underline to both the formfield and tab. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Joe" wrote in message ... We are trying to make up a questionare-esq form for work, and are running into a small problem that the boss says has to be taken care of. We have about 50 questions and each one has an area on the right side of the page for a response. It is going to be an online form, as well as a print form, which is where the problem lies. The right side answer collumn (no we didnt use tables, but for lack of a better word ill call it a collumn) needs to be underlined for each answer, so that things wont get messy. We need the lines to appear when printed for hand fill, or when the form is filled out online. How can we make it so that words will automaticly show up underlined, without pushing the line down to the next row via the wrap-around? The lines also need to be there when no words are entered. We tried setting it up with words automaticly being underlined, but then nothing appears when you just print to handfill it. Any suggestions, short of reformatting the whole thing for tables? |
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