Auto-advancing to next field on form

[Kelly E.]

Hi there. I have a form all laid out, but there's a lot of boxes where only
one number is inserted, line after line. It would be really helpful if the
cursor automatically moved to the next box after filling one. Hitting tab in
between all of them is pretty annoying lol. Anyway, I can't find how to do
that. Is it going to require a macro? I tried reading up on them and VBE,
but it just confused me more. There's over 200 boxes and I'm wondering if
setting up macros on all of them might be cumbersome? Any help, hints, tips
or tricks would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

What type of form? If it is one with FormFields in a document that is
protected for filling in forms, see the Knowledge Base Article "How to Code
the ENTER Key to Move to Next Field in Protected Form" at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211219


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[Kelly E.]

I read that article, but isn't that so the enter key will move you to the
next field? I'm trying to make it so they won't have to hit anything, it
will just automatically go to the next one. I tried the first macro in that
article but kept getting an error. Thanks.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

If it is that type of form (a document protected for filling in forms) what
you want to do is not possible.

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