[Dawn]

I have created a form in word to be filled out by a user. I have had some
help on how to lock the columns and rows to keep my form from moving around
when someone has used it. My question is this. If the person keeps typing
it will allow them to continue but because my rows are locked you cannot see
if they typed outside of the viewable box. How can I make the form where
when they reach the end of the box they are no longer able to type?

[Stefan Blom]

In the Text Form Field Options dialog box, you can set a "Maximum
length" (that is, a maximum number of characters allowed) for each
form field and then program the Enter key so that users are not
allowed to insert excess paragraphs into fields. See:

How to code the ENTER key to move between form fields in a protected
form in Word
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211219/en-us

But note that this may not be necessary, as most people would stop
typing when noticing that text disappears...

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Dawn" wrote in message
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I have created a form in word to be filled out by a user. I have
had some
help on how to lock the columns and rows to keep my form from moving
around
when someone has used it. My question is this. If the person keeps
typing
it will allow them to continue but because my rows are locked you
cannot see
if they typed outside of the viewable box. How can I make the form
where
when they reach the end of the box they are no longer able to type?