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Trying to Alter Form I didnt Create
I am trying to edit a word document. I have attached the 2 files. I have "altered" the old one to make the new one. (the one with the 2 after it is the old one!) However I think I screwed it ALL up. The problem is that I dont know how to alter the old file so that its still the same format just with a few extra boxes and all that. I did an "ok" job. BUt you will notice that the lines in the top section dont match up at all. I need to figure out how to take the old file and twike it and make minor changes to it to make it look like the new one. When ever you tab from box to box in the old one it goes in perfact order all the way down. When you tab in new one... lol its ALL JACKED up. First off I can usually find the problems with help and all that... but I dont even understand HOW this was made... I have never seen it before. But by playing with it I "kinda" figured it out.... but I still wanna learn so that I can format all the other files (about 100 of them) over the next month or so. SO any help you can offer would be GREAT!~ -- LiaoGoren |
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I couldn't see your attached files; note that attachments are not allowed in
this group. The following suggestions are based on your description of the problem, only: Generally, you must use table cells with borders to create lines in a form. To have the lines "match," make sure to set exact dimensions for the table cells (on the Row and Column tabs of the Table Properties dialog box). To control the tab order of form fields, a macro is needed. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/SetTabOrder.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "LiaoGoren" wrote in message ... I am trying to edit a word document. I have attached the 2 files. I have "altered" the old one to make the new one. (the one with the 2 after it is the old one!) However I think I screwed it ALL up. The problem is that I dont know how to alter the old file so that its still the same format just with a few extra boxes and all that. I did an "ok" job. BUt you will notice that the lines in the top section dont match up at all. I need to figure out how to take the old file and twike it and make minor changes to it to make it look like the new one. When ever you tab from box to box in the old one it goes in perfact order all the way down. When you tab in new one... lol its ALL JACKED up. First off I can usually find the problems with help and all that... but I dont even understand HOW this was made... I have never seen it before. But by playing with it I "kinda" figured it out.... but I still wanna learn so that I can format all the other files (about 100 of them) over the next month or so. SO any help you can offer would be GREAT!~ -- LiaoGoren |
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Well I am sorry. I did forget to post a link to a fourm where I have the files. Here is a link. Please advise me further thanks http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/need-...p-t189346.html Also... there is a copy of the orginal file and the file I was able to limp thru. Can someone help me learn a little more about how it was created so I can create more of them??? -- LiaoGoren |
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Apparently, the layout was created with frames, not with table cells.
Right-click the frame border and choose Format Frame from the context menu. This allows you to set the desired width and height of each frame. Also, use the Borders and Shading dialog box to set the desired page border. When you are done, protect the document. For more on this, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...nTheBlanks.htm, especially the linked articles by Dian D. Chapmans. If you are using Word 2007 and need more specific instructions, post back. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "LiaoGoren" wrote in message ... Well I am sorry. I did forget to post a link to a fourm where I have the files. Here is a link. Please advise me further thanks http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/need-...p-t189346.html Also... there is a copy of the orginal file and the file I was able to limp thru. Can someone help me learn a little more about how it was created so I can create more of them??? -- LiaoGoren |
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