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in word create a label within a table cell to tell u what 2 imput
I have seen colleagues use a label in grey text within a table cell which
tells the writer what to imput in that cell. It will not print and is written over simply by clicking the cursor onto it and writing over. How is this done? eg a cell will have date written in it in the grey text. once it is clicked on it can be overwritten with the date - particularly useful on a letterhead |
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in word create a label within a table cell to tell u what 2 imput
It's a MacroButton field. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm -- 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. "Paul Mayers" Paul wrote in message ... I have seen colleagues use a label in grey text within a table cell which tells the writer what to imput in that cell. It will not print and is written over simply by clicking the cursor onto it and writing over. How is this done? eg a cell will have date written in it in the grey text. once it is clicked on it can be overwritten with the date - particularly useful on a letterhead |
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in word create a label within a table cell to tell u what 2 imput
Even more useful in a letterhead template is a CreateDate field. Let your
user type what Word won't do. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. For the prompt field to not print, it would have to be a macro button field with the prompt text formatted as hidden and the computer setting set to display (but not print) hidden text. See http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide...tm#MacroButton and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFl...acroButton.htm for more about macrobutton fields. When you click on a macrobutton field, the entire field is selected (and replaced by typing). You can use the F11 key to move to the next field. Otherwise, take a look at what Word calls an "online form." Check this in help. 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. These are limited to only typing in the fields. 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Paul Mayers" Paul wrote in message ... I have seen colleagues use a label in grey text within a table cell which tells the writer what to imput in that cell. It will not print and is written over simply by clicking the cursor onto it and writing over. How is this done? eg a cell will have date written in it in the grey text. once it is clicked on it can be overwritten with the date - particularly useful on a letterhead |
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in word create a label within a table cell to tell u what 2 imput
Oops, sorry. Formatting the macrobutton field's prompt as hidden makes it
disappear. Formatting the entire field as hidden makes the text you type in also hidden. You can make the prompt text a color that does not print. Yellow works for me. Instead, though, I generally format my prompt text in colors like Red or Blue that jump out on the screen so that I do fill them in. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Even more useful in a letterhead template is a CreateDate field. Let your user type what Word won't do. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. For the prompt field to not print, it would have to be a macro button field with the prompt text formatted as hidden and the computer setting set to display (but not print) hidden text. See http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide...tm#MacroButton and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFl...acroButton.htm for more about macrobutton fields. When you click on a macrobutton field, the entire field is selected (and replaced by typing). You can use the F11 key to move to the next field. Otherwise, take a look at what Word calls an "online form." Check this in help. 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. These are limited to only typing in the fields. 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Paul Mayers" Paul wrote in message ... I have seen colleagues use a label in grey text within a table cell which tells the writer what to imput in that cell. It will not print and is written over simply by clicking the cursor onto it and writing over. How is this done? eg a cell will have date written in it in the grey text. once it is clicked on it can be overwritten with the date - particularly useful on a letterhead |
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in word create a label within a table cell to tell u what 2 imput
Formatting it as Hidden would guarantee that most users would not see it.
The point is that when you click on a MacroButton field, it is automatically selected and overwritten as soon as you type a single character. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Oops, sorry. Formatting the macrobutton field's prompt as hidden makes it disappear. Formatting the entire field as hidden makes the text you type in also hidden. You can make the prompt text a color that does not print. Yellow works for me. Instead, though, I generally format my prompt text in colors like Red or Blue that jump out on the screen so that I do fill them in. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Even more useful in a letterhead template is a CreateDate field. Let your user type what Word won't do. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. For the prompt field to not print, it would have to be a macro button field with the prompt text formatted as hidden and the computer setting set to display (but not print) hidden text. See http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide...tm#MacroButton and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFl...acroButton.htm for more about macrobutton fields. When you click on a macrobutton field, the entire field is selected (and replaced by typing). You can use the F11 key to move to the next field. Otherwise, take a look at what Word calls an "online form." Check this in help. 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. These are limited to only typing in the fields. 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Paul Mayers" Paul wrote in message ... I have seen colleagues use a label in grey text within a table cell which tells the writer what to imput in that cell. It will not print and is written over simply by clicking the cursor onto it and writing over. How is this done? eg a cell will have date written in it in the grey text. once it is clicked on it can be overwritten with the date - particularly useful on a letterhead |
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in word create a label within a table cell to tell u what 2 im
Paul - since you mentioned dates on a letterhead - here is what I have done.
It works great for letterheads! Even though you will not have the "label". On a letterhead, particularily my FAX cover sheets - the current date (with time included if you want) is automattically updated everytime I open that file. I have inserted a "table" that is one column wide & 1 row in height. This table is placed where I always want the date to be. Then Insertfieldfield codes then scroll thru list to find "date". Then you have the cloice of date format. These instructions work for Word 2003 & are slightly different for Word 2000 which I use @ work. I have removed the borders on this table & I never have to worry about the date again! Also - I found this tip in this discussion group last week & but do not remember who (was it you Suzanne??Thank you whoever!) - but I love it - so it bears repeating: "When using fields, I recommend that you set up fields to always appear with gray shading on the screen - this makes it easy to distinguish fields from normal text (select Tools Options View tab Field shading Always). The gray shading does not print." |
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