[Michele]

Just wrote an earlier post about creating forms. I created a table and I am
not sure how to disable auto fit or auto size. I merged to one cell - I want
the cell 7 inches wide and 1.5 in. deep. So I set that. But if I tab or keep
typing the cell keeps getting bigger pushing onto the next page which is what
I don't want. I am missing a step somewhere in anchoring the table. The
table is just for a text response so that an applicant can write a brief
reponse paragraph, but I want to limit how far they can go.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can set an exact row height for that row (Table Properties | Row).
Disable auto resizing (horizontal only) at Table Properties | Table |
Options.

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"Michele" wrote in message
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Just wrote an earlier post about creating forms. I created a table and I
am
not sure how to disable auto fit or auto size. I merged to one cell - I
want
the cell 7 inches wide and 1.5 in. deep. So I set that. But if I tab or
keep
typing the cell keeps getting bigger pushing onto the next page which is
what
I don't want. I am missing a step somewhere in anchoring the table. The
table is just for a text response so that an applicant can write a brief
reponse paragraph, but I want to limit how far they can go.

[Jay Freedman]

Go into Table Table Properties, select the Rows tab, check the box for
Specify Height, enter the height you want, and change "At least" to
"Exactly". That will prevent the cell from expanding downward, even if the
user types more than the cell will hold -- the extra text will just
disappear.

To prevent the Tab key from adding another row, add this macro to the
template (see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm).

Sub NextCell()
Beep
End Sub

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Jay Freedman
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Michele wrote:
Just wrote an earlier post about creating forms. I created a table
and I am not sure how to disable auto fit or auto size. I merged to
one cell - I want the cell 7 inches wide and 1.5 in. deep. So I set
that. But if I tab or keep typing the cell keeps getting bigger
pushing onto the next page which is what I don't want. I am missing a
step somewhere in anchoring the table. The table is just for a text
response so that an applicant can write a brief reponse paragraph,
but I want to limit how far they can go.

[Michele]

Big help! I had done everything else but it still kept getting bigger if I
typed a lot. The "Exactly" thing was it!

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Go into Table Table Properties, select the Rows tab, check the box for
Specify Height, enter the height you want, and change "At least" to
"Exactly". That will prevent the cell from expanding downward, even if the
user types more than the cell will hold -- the extra text will just
disappear.

To prevent the Tab key from adding another row, add this macro to the
template (see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm).

Sub NextCell()
Beep
End Sub

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Michele wrote:
Just wrote an earlier post about creating forms. I created a table
and I am not sure how to disable auto fit or auto size. I merged to
one cell - I want the cell 7 inches wide and 1.5 in. deep. So I set
that. But if I tab or keep typing the cell keeps getting bigger
pushing onto the next page which is what I don't want. I am missing a
step somewhere in anchoring the table. The table is just for a text
response so that an applicant can write a brief reponse paragraph,
but I want to limit how far they can go.