When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the text to
the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to word
this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an application
with NO tables of any sort.

Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless)
table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells
containing form fields.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Montanagrizfans" wrote in
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When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the text
to
the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to
word
this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an
application
with NO tables of any sort.

Hi Suzanne: Thank you so much for your quick reply!

To make myself clear, what you're telling me is --The only way to avoid the
text moving is to have a "borderless" table? I guess I was hoping you didn't
have to do that because the original application I was trying to manipulate
is in size 7 font and 3 pages - creating a table and redoing the app wasn't
something time permitting. However, I do appreciate your time! Thanks &
Have a great day :-) Janie

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless)
table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells
containing form fields.

--
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.

"Montanagrizfans" wrote in
message ...
When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the text
to
the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to
word
this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an
application
with NO tables of any sort.

You can insert borderless Frames to hold your fields and restrict their
size, I believe. There is a button for frames on the Forms toolbar.

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more
about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Montanagrizfans" wrote in
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Hi Suzanne: Thank you so much for your quick reply!

To make myself clear, what you're telling me is --The only way to avoid
the
text moving is to have a "borderless" table? I guess I was hoping you
didn't
have to do that because the original application I was trying to
manipulate
is in size 7 font and 3 pages - creating a table and redoing the app
wasn't
something time permitting. However, I do appreciate your time! Thanks &
Have a great day :-) Janie

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless)
table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells
containing form fields.

--
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.

"Montanagrizfans" wrote in
message ...
When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the
text
to
the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to
word
this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an
application
with NO tables of any sort.

Thank you very much for your help. - I truly appreciate all of the
links/information you've included. I really wish I would have learned about
this "Discussion Group" sooner. It would have saved me alot of time... which
is so hard to come by.
So, again...I thank both of you....Charles Kenyon & Suzanne Barnhill - for
your quick & insightful replies.
Janie

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

You can insert borderless Frames to hold your fields and restrict their
size, I believe. There is a button for frames on the Forms toolbar.

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more
about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Montanagrizfans" wrote in
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Hi Suzanne: Thank you so much for your quick reply!

To make myself clear, what you're telling me is --The only way to avoid
the
text moving is to have a "borderless" table? I guess I was hoping you
didn't
have to do that because the original application I was trying to
manipulate
is in size 7 font and 3 pages - creating a table and redoing the app
wasn't
something time permitting. However, I do appreciate your time! Thanks &
Have a great day :-) Janie

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless)
table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells
containing form fields.

--
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.

"Montanagrizfans" wrote in
message ...
When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the
text
to
the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to
word
this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an
application
with NO tables of any sort.

Hi - I have the same question you had here - did any of these solutions work
for you? I am creating a form in word with using fields for user to tab
through and enter information - when they fill in the first field, it
automatically moves the next field/text on the same line to either to the
right, making it out of line, or to the next row. I need for the data
fields/text entry to remain static. Is this the same thing you tried to do?
Any assistance in trying to understand some of the responses would be so
appreciated - I am also in a time crunch and have been working on this for
days! Thanks!!
Tami

"Montanagrizfans" wrote:

Thank you very much for your help. - I truly appreciate all of the
links/information you've included. I really wish I would have learned about
this "Discussion Group" sooner. It would have saved me alot of time... which
is so hard to come by.
So, again...I thank both of you....Charles Kenyon & Suzanne Barnhill - for
your quick & insightful replies.
Janie

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

You can insert borderless Frames to hold your fields and restrict their
size, I believe. There is a button for frames on the Forms toolbar.

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more
about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Montanagrizfans" wrote in
message ...
Hi Suzanne: Thank you so much for your quick reply!

To make myself clear, what you're telling me is --The only way to avoid
the
text moving is to have a "borderless" table? I guess I was hoping you
didn't
have to do that because the original application I was trying to
manipulate
is in size 7 font and 3 pages - creating a table and redoing the app
wasn't
something time permitting. However, I do appreciate your time! Thanks &
Have a great day :-) Janie

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Users generally find it expedient to put form fields into a (borderless)
table and set exact row height and preferred column width for the cells
containing form fields.

--
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.

"Montanagrizfans" wrote in
message ...
When I enter too many characters in the form field, it will move the
text
to
the next line. I need it to be stationary. I don't have a clue how to
word
this correctly, so hopefully that makes sense. This form is an
application
with NO tables of any sort.