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PLEASE HELP
I am a school teacher and have been asked to create/set out a new student report document for teachers. I have been asked to create a document which has several text boxes in but that are fixed (i.e. in size, font, location on page, etc). This means that the different subjects will have a text box to enterinformation in. These boxes need to be fixed. The amount of text a teacher can put in is controled. Teachers can not move the text box around or make it bigger to enter more text in. The size and style of the font is also fixed. etc etc. I can make a text box, but when i enter text into it and I get to the bottom of it, the box gets bigger or the text dissapears out of the text box (but not onto the main document). In conclusion I want to make text boxes (or is it frames?) where a teacher will open up the template report for a child. They will see several text boxes which I have created and they will be able to enter text into these text boxes. The style is fixed. The text box can not be made bigger to accept more text. Everything is fixed. I have tried looking in the help section and can not find anything simple to follow. If you are able to help please provide simple, step by step instructions. Yours gratefuly John |
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Use a table with appropriately bordered cells and set the cell sizes to
fixed dimensions. The finished result can have the appearance of text boxes and you will not have the problems associated with them. Text boxes will only cause you grief. You will probably want to put form fields in the cells to make the form teacher proof. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mr John wrote: PLEASE HELP I am a school teacher and have been asked to create/set out a new student report document for teachers. I have been asked to create a document which has several text boxes in but that are fixed (i.e. in size, font, location on page, etc). This means that the different subjects will have a text box to enterinformation in. These boxes need to be fixed. The amount of text a teacher can put in is controled. Teachers can not move the text box around or make it bigger to enter more text in. The size and style of the font is also fixed. etc etc. I can make a text box, but when i enter text into it and I get to the bottom of it, the box gets bigger or the text dissapears out of the text box (but not onto the main document). In conclusion I want to make text boxes (or is it frames?) where a teacher will open up the template report for a child. They will see several text boxes which I have created and they will be able to enter text into these text boxes. The style is fixed. The text box can not be made bigger to accept more text. Everything is fixed. I have tried looking in the help section and can not find anything simple to follow. If you are able to help please provide simple, step by step instructions. Yours gratefuly John |
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Hi Graham
Are you able to give a step by step proces. I created a table with 1 column and 10 rows. And then merged all the cells into one. Then i went into Table Properties and unchecked 'Automaticaly resize to fit contents' Now when i write in the table it has a fixed width but keeps getting bigger at the bottom of the table if i write more than the table (It expands). I know this sounds dense of me but i need step by step (for dummies) instructions. Thanks "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use a table with appropriately bordered cells and set the cell sizes to fixed dimensions. The finished result can have the appearance of text boxes and you will not have the problems associated with them. Text boxes will only cause you grief. You will probably want to put form fields in the cells to make the form teacher proof. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mr John wrote: PLEASE HELP I am a school teacher and have been asked to create/set out a new student report document for teachers. I have been asked to create a document which has several text boxes in but that are fixed (i.e. in size, font, location on page, etc). This means that the different subjects will have a text box to enterinformation in. These boxes need to be fixed. The amount of text a teacher can put in is controled. Teachers can not move the text box around or make it bigger to enter more text in. The size and style of the font is also fixed. etc etc. I can make a text box, but when i enter text into it and I get to the bottom of it, the box gets bigger or the text dissapears out of the text box (but not onto the main document). In conclusion I want to make text boxes (or is it frames?) where a teacher will open up the template report for a child. They will see several text boxes which I have created and they will be able to enter text into these text boxes. The style is fixed. The text box can not be made bigger to accept more text. Everything is fixed. I have tried looking in the help section and can not find anything simple to follow. If you are able to help please provide simple, step by step instructions. Yours gratefuly John |
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You can set an exact row height for the table rows, but unless the document
is protected for forms, you can't prevent teachers from adding rows. For more on forms, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mr_John" wrote in message ... Hi Graham Are you able to give a step by step proces. I created a table with 1 column and 10 rows. And then merged all the cells into one. Then i went into Table Properties and unchecked 'Automaticaly resize to fit contents' Now when i write in the table it has a fixed width but keeps getting bigger at the bottom of the table if i write more than the table (It expands). I know this sounds dense of me but i need step by step (for dummies) instructions. Thanks "Graham Mayor" wrote: Use a table with appropriately bordered cells and set the cell sizes to fixed dimensions. The finished result can have the appearance of text boxes and you will not have the problems associated with them. Text boxes will only cause you grief. You will probably want to put form fields in the cells to make the form teacher proof. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mr John wrote: PLEASE HELP I am a school teacher and have been asked to create/set out a new student report document for teachers. I have been asked to create a document which has several text boxes in but that are fixed (i.e. in size, font, location on page, etc). This means that the different subjects will have a text box to enterinformation in. These boxes need to be fixed. The amount of text a teacher can put in is controled. Teachers can not move the text box around or make it bigger to enter more text in. The size and style of the font is also fixed. etc etc. I can make a text box, but when i enter text into it and I get to the bottom of it, the box gets bigger or the text dissapears out of the text box (but not onto the main document). In conclusion I want to make text boxes (or is it frames?) where a teacher will open up the template report for a child. They will see several text boxes which I have created and they will be able to enter text into these text boxes. The style is fixed. The text box can not be made bigger to accept more text. Everything is fixed. I have tried looking in the help section and can not find anything simple to follow. If you are able to help please provide simple, step by step instructions. Yours gratefuly John |
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Creating a fixed text box typically depends on the platform or technology you're using. Below are examples for HTML/CSS, Microsoft Word, and Google Docs. kentucky derby racebooks 2024
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