[Melissa]

I have created a form. In it I have Name and Title headers, which are then
followed by fill-in fields. If you type in the first field, it moves the
"Title" to the right. I want to lock the position of each. There isn't any
room to put the Title under the Name. So how do I do that?

[Melissa]

Thanks so much - I hadn't thought of it. That worked. Now, to follow up on
turning off the auto resize. I found it under table but don't see how to
turn it off. I tried clicking the fixed column width and that worked, but if
I type a long title, the cell (row height) adjusts itself and throws off the
alignment of the rest of the form. So how do you actually turn that off?
Thanks again for your help. Oh, the version is Microsoft Professional
Edition 2003. Take care.

"Idaho Word Man" wrote:

You didn't mention which version of Word you were using, but the easiest way
is usually to put this material in a table. The headings "Name" and "Title"
can go in the first and third columns, and the text fields can go in the
second and fourth. Make sure that the table option "Automatically resize to
fit contents" is turned OFF.

I hope this helps.

Fred

"Melissa" wrote:

I have created a form. In it I have Name and Title headers, which are then
followed by fill-in fields. If you type in the first field, it moves the
"Title" to the right. I want to lock the position of each. There isn't any
room to put the Title under the Name. So how do I do that?

[Jay Freedman]

You can prevent the cell from expanding downward by going to Table Table
Properties Row and setting the measurement to "Exactly" the height you
want.

This may not be a good idea, though. When you do that, you can still type a
long title in the cell, but the end of it will simply disappear, cut off by
the unmoving bottom edge of the cell. The better idea is to reduce the font
size to make the long title fit within the vertical space you want.

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Melissa wrote:
Thanks so much - I hadn't thought of it. That worked. Now, to
follow up on turning off the auto resize. I found it under table but
don't see how to turn it off. I tried clicking the fixed column
width and that worked, but if I type a long title, the cell (row
height) adjusts itself and throws off the alignment of the rest of
the form. So how do you actually turn that off? Thanks again for
your help. Oh, the version is Microsoft Professional Edition 2003.
Take care.

"Idaho Word Man" wrote:

You didn't mention which version of Word you were using, but the
easiest way is usually to put this material in a table. The
headings "Name" and "Title" can go in the first and third columns,
and the text fields can go in the second and fourth. Make sure that
the table option "Automatically resize to fit contents" is turned
OFF.

I hope this helps.

Fred

"Melissa" wrote:

I have created a form. In it I have Name and Title headers, which
are then followed by fill-in fields. If you type in the first
field, it moves the "Title" to the right. I want to lock the
position of each. There isn't any room to put the Title under the
Name. So how do I do that?