Creating forms customers can 'fill in the blanks'...

[Kathi Elliott]

I'm not sure where to 'go' (so to speak!)
I'm 'moderately' good with Word - but seldom use much more
than basic stuff.
I need to create a form (legal agreement - contract) that
can be sent to customers in WORD. Most the text needs
to be LOCKED into place and unchangeable. Some of it is
always the same, other information will be modified by my
CSR's (price, etc.) then - the customer needs to be able
to enter a variety of information (name/address/number of
units being leased, timelength, etc.), but the customer
cannot be able to change 'locked' text. Where do I
start?? Thanks much.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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[John C]

I have walked through the step of creating a basic form.
With a section that was not protected so that the user can
type his verbage as needed.

Testing it revealed a problem for me though. The
unprotected cell just expands in width if sufficient text
is typed. I was expecting it to "wrap" instead.

How do I keep the form from expanding?

-----Original Message-----
See

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks
..htm and

 

[SteveH]

Right-click on the form field and select Properties.
You should find "Maximum Length" as "Unlimited." Cycle the
numbers to the length required.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

On the Table tab of Table Properties, click on Options... and clear the
check box for "Automatically resize to fit contents."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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