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forms - editing within a form field
I have created a basic form using the "forms" toolbar. My problem is when I
try to edit within the form field paragraph ("abc" on toolbar) the whole paragraph is highlighted, (or recognised as one) making it hard to click your curser on one word within this paragraph to edit. Is there another way to avoid this and still add (easy to edit) text within the form? I hope this problem makes sense. Any suggestions welcomed...... |
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Hi ?B?SmF5bmU=?=,
I have created a basic form using the "forms" toolbar. My problem is when I try to edit within the form field paragraph ("abc" on toolbar) the whole paragraph is highlighted, (or recognised as one) making it hard to click your curser on one word within this paragraph to edit. Is there another way to avoid this and still add (easy to edit) text within the form? Which version of Word is this? I'm having trouble recognizing what you mean with "abc on the toolbar". For me, that's the spell check button, or the button in the Mail Merge interface to show the data preview. Could you describe in a bit more detail where/how this form field is inserted into the document? Do you have forms protection activated when you try editing? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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I am working in word 2003, using the forms toolbar. "abc" is the first
button on the toolbar which inserts a text form field. This allows you to type within the text form field - my problem is editing this text, double clicking highlights all the text within the form field... it seems the only way to edit is with the arrow keys.... Thank you for your help..... "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?SmF5bmU=?=, I have created a basic form using the "forms" toolbar. My problem is when I try to edit within the form field paragraph ("abc" on toolbar) the whole paragraph is highlighted, (or recognised as one) making it hard to click your curser on one word within this paragraph to edit. Is there another way to avoid this and still add (easy to edit) text within the form? Which version of Word is this? I'm having trouble recognizing what you mean with "abc on the toolbar". For me, that's the spell check button, or the button in the Mail Merge interface to show the data preview. Could you describe in a bit more detail where/how this form field is inserted into the document? Do you have forms protection activated when you try editing? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hi ?B?SmF5bmU=?=,
I am working in word 2003, using the forms toolbar. "abc" is the first button on the toolbar which inserts a text form field. This allows you to type within the text form field - my problem is editing this text, double clicking highlights all the text within the form field... it seems the only way to edit is with the arrow keys.... Why would you double-click to start editing? A single click should put the IP at that position. Click-and-drag should select text. I can also double click on anything not at the start or end of the field with no problems. Unless you've inserted the form field in a table. In that case, you can't make selections - it's a limitation of form fields. (And that's why I asked you for more information on how you're using form fields.) BTW: that button on the toolbar does NOT contain the letter "c"... Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Thanks Cindy... yes you are right the button does not have a "c" on it... and
I am single clicking into the paragraph and the whole paragraph highlights! I cannot just highlight one word and delete it within the "text form field". Within the "text form field" I have inserted bulletted comments - would this affect it? Thank you for your time.... Jayne (in Australia) "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?SmF5bmU=?=, I am working in word 2003, using the forms toolbar. "abc" is the first button on the toolbar which inserts a text form field. This allows you to type within the text form field - my problem is editing this text, double clicking highlights all the text within the form field... it seems the only way to edit is with the arrow keys.... Why would you double-click to start editing? A single click should put the IP at that position. Click-and-drag should select text. I can also double click on anything not at the start or end of the field with no problems. Unless you've inserted the form field in a table. In that case, you can't make selections - it's a limitation of form fields. (And that's why I asked you for more information on how you're using form fields.) BTW: that button on the toolbar does NOT contain the letter "c"... Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How did you get the "bulleted comments" into the formfield?
-- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Jayne" wrote in message ... Thanks Cindy... yes you are right the button does not have a "c" on it... and I am single clicking into the paragraph and the whole paragraph highlights! I cannot just highlight one word and delete it within the "text form field". Within the "text form field" I have inserted bulletted comments - would this affect it? Thank you for your time.... Jayne (in Australia) "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?SmF5bmU=?=, I am working in word 2003, using the forms toolbar. "abc" is the first button on the toolbar which inserts a text form field. This allows you to type within the text form field - my problem is editing this text, double clicking highlights all the text within the form field... it seems the only way to edit is with the arrow keys.... Why would you double-click to start editing? A single click should put the IP at that position. Click-and-drag should select text. I can also double click on anything not at the start or end of the field with no problems. Unless you've inserted the form field in a table. In that case, you can't make selections - it's a limitation of form fields. (And that's why I asked you for more information on how you're using form fields.) BTW: that button on the toolbar does NOT contain the letter "c"... Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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