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Form fields in text boxes in Word 2003?
Can anybody tell me for certain if I can put form fields in a text box? It
appears I cannot. If I create a text box, Word won't let me put form fields into it. If I create the fields first, then select the text and create a text box, Word inactivates the form fields. I can create a line border around some form fields, but I cannot seem to arrange two of these side-by-side (horizontally) the way I can arrange two text boxes. The forms I'm working on are not locked. Other form fields (non-boxed, non-framed) on the same document function well. Any ideas how I can create two side-by-side, framed sets of form fields, in other words, two small side-by-side boxes with forms inside them? Thanks for your help. |
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Form fields in text boxes in Word 2003?
Put them in the first and third cells of a three column, one row table and
remove the top and bottom borders from the second cell. -- 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 "Chuck" wrote in message ... Can anybody tell me for certain if I can put form fields in a text box? It appears I cannot. If I create a text box, Word won't let me put form fields into it. If I create the fields first, then select the text and create a text box, Word inactivates the form fields. I can create a line border around some form fields, but I cannot seem to arrange two of these side-by-side (horizontally) the way I can arrange two text boxes. The forms I'm working on are not locked. Other form fields (non-boxed, non-framed) on the same document function well. Any ideas how I can create two side-by-side, framed sets of form fields, in other words, two small side-by-side boxes with forms inside them? Thanks for your help. |
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Form fields in text boxes in Word 2003?
Although a table, as Doug suggests, is the easiest solution, you can use
frames, which is why there is an Insert Frame button on the Forms toolbar. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Chuck" wrote in message ... Can anybody tell me for certain if I can put form fields in a text box? It appears I cannot. If I create a text box, Word won't let me put form fields into it. If I create the fields first, then select the text and create a text box, Word inactivates the form fields. I can create a line border around some form fields, but I cannot seem to arrange two of these side-by-side (horizontally) the way I can arrange two text boxes. The forms I'm working on are not locked. Other form fields (non-boxed, non-framed) on the same document function well. Any ideas how I can create two side-by-side, framed sets of form fields, in other words, two small side-by-side boxes with forms inside them? Thanks for your help. |
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Form fields in text boxes in Word 2003?
Both replies (Doug, Suzanne) are very helpful, and they both work. Doug's
has the edge because it will result in two evenly spaced, similarly sized boxes. Here's something odd that I discovered while tinkering this morning, related to Suzanne's response. Previously, after I'd created the form I wanted to frame, I would then go to the borders button on the toolbar and create and edit a border. But those "borders" always extended the entire width of the page, and couldn't be narrowed to fit the contents of the box. On the other hand, the insert frame button in the forms toolbar makes a frame that fits the contents perfectly, and leaves the form fields functional. I just hadn't bothered to use that particular frames button (in the forms toolbar) before. Thank you both very much for your useful replies. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Put them in the first and third cells of a three column, one row table and remove the top and bottom borders from the second cell. -- 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 "Chuck" wrote in message ... Can anybody tell me for certain if I can put form fields in a text box? It appears I cannot. If I create a text box, Word won't let me put form fields into it. If I create the fields first, then select the text and create a text box, Word inactivates the form fields. I can create a line border around some form fields, but I cannot seem to arrange two of these side-by-side (horizontally) the way I can arrange two text boxes. The forms I'm working on are not locked. Other form fields (non-boxed, non-framed) on the same document function well. Any ideas how I can create two side-by-side, framed sets of form fields, in other words, two small side-by-side boxes with forms inside them? Thanks for your help. |
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