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Looking for the best way to format a document in word with text and blank
areas where text can be typed above an underline (i.e. First Name: _____________). When I do this with the formatting in word it moves the line (i.e. First Name: ____Joe_____). Is there an easy way to change a multipage document that I have to a format that will allow me to type over the underline areas in order to fill out the word document? |
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The secret is to make a table - in this case, with 6 columns - and 1 row. In
the first cell, put First Name. Leave the second cell blank. The third cell is MI. Leave the fourth cell blank. The fifth cell is Last Name, and leave the sixth cell blank. By adjusting the borders of the table - only the bottom of the second, fourth and sixth cells have a line, you won't get the movement. Be sure to make enough room for the first and last names, and shorten the MI block. You can copy and paste the table into other pages. Carole O "t1080roy" wrote: Looking for the best way to format a document in word with text and blank areas where text can be typed above an underline (i.e. First Name: _____________). When I do this with the formatting in word it moves the line (i.e. First Name: ____Joe_____). Is there an easy way to change a multipage document that I have to a format that will allow me to type over the underline areas in order to fill out the word document? |
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Another alternative is to include a field similar to fields in the Microsoft
Fax templates. Enter name of the field from menu Insert then field in field names select macro button in display text enter something like [click here to enter first name] then select OK. "t1080roy" wrote: Looking for the best way to format a document in word with text and blank areas where text can be typed above an underline (i.e. First Name: _____________). When I do this with the formatting in word it moves the line (i.e. First Name: ____Joe_____). Is there an easy way to change a multipage document that I have to a format that will allow me to type over the underline areas in order to fill out the word document? |
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Unless you really need the underline to remain, you can use MacroButton
NoMacro fields (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm) with a row of underline characters use as the "prompt" text. Whatever is typed in the field then replaces the underline. But if you need to retain the underline, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm. As Carole says, table borders are the easiest way to get underlines in a form that is set up on a grid (as opposed to running text such as a contract). This is true even in a protected form, which may be what you want to use; see the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that the aforementioned 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. "t1080roy" wrote in message ... Looking for the best way to format a document in word with text and blank areas where text can be typed above an underline (i.e. First Name: _____________). When I do this with the formatting in word it moves the line (i.e. First Name: ____Joe_____). Is there an easy way to change a multipage document that I have to a format that will allow me to type over the underline areas in order to fill out the word document? |
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