Is there any way in to jump to non-adjacent cell in a table while using the
"tab" key?
Thanks in advance and highly appreciate help.

Nguyen Nguyen wrote:
Is there any way in to jump to non-adjacent cell in a table while
using the "tab" key?
Thanks in advance and highly appreciate help.

In general, no.

If you're thinking about a protected form, with the fields in a table, then
yes, the tab key jumps to the next field which may be in a non-adjacent
cell. If you want it to jump to some field other than the next
(left-to-right, then down a row),
it's doable but it takes a macro. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/SetTabOrder.htm.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

And if you're not talking about a protected form, you might write your =
own macros for NextCell (=3D the built-in command that runs when you hit =
the Tab key in a table) and/or PrevCell (Shift+Tab).
You could make those macros skip certain cells (or columns), even =
depending on the content or formatting or (Word 2003) protection of the =
cells.

Regards,
Klaus



"Jay Freedman" wrote:
Nguyen Nguyen wrote:
Is there any way in to jump to non-adjacent cell in a table while
using the "tab" key?
Thanks in advance and highly appreciate help.
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In general, no.
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If you're thinking about a protected form, with the fields in a table, =
then
yes, the tab key jumps to the next field which may be in a =
non-adjacent
cell. If you want it to jump to some field other than the next
(left-to-right, then down a row),
it's doable but it takes a macro. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/SetTabOrder.htm.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Thank a lot for your help, I got the idea of how Word working now.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Nguyen Nguyen wrote:
Is there any way in to jump to non-adjacent cell in a table while
using the "tab" key?
Thanks in advance and highly appreciate help.

In general, no.

If you're thinking about a protected form, with the fields in a table, then
yes, the tab key jumps to the next field which may be in a non-adjacent
cell. If you want it to jump to some field other than the next
(left-to-right, then down a row),
it's doable but it takes a macro. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/SetTabOrder.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

I am not very good in writing macro, but your idea is great, will give it a
try.
Thanks a lot for your suggestion.
Nguyen Nguyen

"Klaus Linke" wrote:

And if you're not talking about a protected form, you might write your own macros for NextCell (= the built-in command that runs when you hit the Tab key in a table) and/or PrevCell (Shift+Tab).
You could make those macros skip certain cells (or columns), even depending on the content or formatting or (Word 2003) protection of the cells.

Regards,
Klaus



"Jay Freedman" wrote:
Nguyen Nguyen wrote:
Is there any way in to jump to non-adjacent cell in a table while
using the "tab" key?
Thanks in advance and highly appreciate help.

In general, no.

If you're thinking about a protected form, with the fields in a table, then
yes, the tab key jumps to the next field which may be in a non-adjacent
cell. If you want it to jump to some field other than the next
(left-to-right, then down a row),
it's doable but it takes a macro. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/SetTabOrder.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org