controlling fields on a form

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Stephen Larivee

I am using Word 2003 to make a form and put in some fields. There are a
couple of things I am unable to do, however.

When data is input into the field by the user, text below the field is
pushed down. How do I control the field so it does not affect surrounding
text? I would like to set the field at a maximum length (I can do this) and
not have the other text on the form get moved.

Finally, the fields I insert are of a fixed length, about 1 inch. I double
click on the field and can set the maximum length, but the default size of
the field remains at about 1 inch. Can I get the grayed field area to
display at its full size so the user can see how much room he has for his
response?

Thanks
 
The usual plan is to put the field in a borderless table cell of fixed
dimensions so that it cannot expand to move the text around it.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Thank you. I will give it a try.

Graham Mayor said:
The usual plan is to put the field in a borderless table cell of fixed
dimensions so that it cannot expand to move the text around it.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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Click to expand...
 
Note that if you right-click the Text Form Field, you can define a character
entry limit. So once you 'assign a maximum physical size for a FF, type in
number 8s until it is full and that is the maximum number of characters to
allow.
 
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