[SiggyD]

I want to create forms from Word docs that I receive from others. Is there a
way to freeze the text in the original doc so that when a form field is added
and then filled in, the original text doesn't move? I would like to maintain
the look and integrity of the original doc but be able to add the text it is
asking for. I can do this in word processing programs, but I was hoping that
I could also do it in Word. Thanks.

[Charles Kenyon]

Use frames to hold your formfields and have them frozen in size. There is a
frame button on the Forms toolbar. Otherwise, people often use tables and
fixed-size cells to hold formfields and keep them from pushing other text
around.

What you are talking about is 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.

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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"SiggyD" wrote in message
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I want to create forms from Word docs that I receive from others. Is there
a
way to freeze the text in the original doc so that when a form field is
added
and then filled in, the original text doesn't move? I would like to
maintain
the look and integrity of the original doc but be able to add the text it
is
asking for. I can do this in word processing programs, but I was hoping
that
I could also do it in Word. Thanks.