Bold form field text

[Bruce]

I have designed a form that is a table with form fields.
Some of the form fields are formatted as regular text,
others as a date. They all work as expected, except for
one of the fields formatted as date with bold text. The
text is bold when entered, but changes to regular text
when I tab out of the field before completing the date.
The information is complete, but the formatting changes.
In other words, when I type "7/25" and press tab, the
field shows "7/25/2003" (as it should), but has lost the
bold formatting. This does not happen in any other
identically formatted date fields in the form. Also, if I
enter the full date, or if I change the Type setting of
the offending field to Regular text, I get to keep the
bold formatting. When I copy the misbehaving field to
someplace else on the form, no problems. When I copy a
properly behaving field to the problem location, the
formatting glitch returns. I am used to bugs, but the
seemingly arbitrary nature of this one is quite vexing.
Also, I have date fields in other forms that are supposed
to be regular text, but show up as bold and underlined.
Thanks in advance for any insight or inspiration.

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day "Bruce" <[email protected]>,

this behaviour doesn't surprise me as form field processing is totally
independant of the doc.

I have designed a form that is a table with form fields.
Some of the form fields are formatted as regular text,
others as a date. They all work as expected, except for
one of the fields formatted as date with bold text. The
text is bold when entered, but changes to regular text
when I tab out of the field before completing the date.
The information is complete, but the formatting changes.
In other words, when I type "7/25" and press tab, the
field shows "7/25/2003" (as it should), but has lost the
bold formatting. This does not happen in any other
identically formatted date fields in the form. Also, if I
enter the full date, or if I change the Type setting of
the offending field to Regular text, I get to keep the
bold formatting. When I copy the misbehaving field to
someplace else on the form, no problems. When I copy a
properly behaving field to the problem location, the
formatting glitch returns. I am used to bugs, but the
seemingly arbitrary nature of this one is quite vexing.
Also, I have date fields in other forms that are supposed
to be regular text, but show up as bold and underlined.
Thanks in advance for any insight or inspiration.

Steve Hudson

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[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi Bruce,

They all work as expected, except for
one of the fields formatted as date with bold text. The
text is bold when entered, but changes to regular text
when I tab out of the field before completing the date.

Sounds like a bit of "corruption", possibly with the
paragraph, since you say that putting any fields into this
location makes the problem recur.

It might help to put a \* CharFormat switch at the end of
that field code. (Alt+F9 to toggle on/off)

If you want to get to the source of the problem, I'd try
*cutting* the paragraph before the problem, the paragraph
itself, and the one following the problem.

Use Edit/Paste special to put them back in as "unformatted
text", then reapply the formatting and re-insert any
fields.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jan 24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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