filling forms with text box?

[peter]

Once in a while I come across a word documents with blanks that I'm supposed
to print out and fill in. But I prefer to fill it on a computer to make the
text easier to read.

What I do is create a drawing frame and create text boxes with no borders
and put it behind (so there is no text wrapping) the space I want to fill
in. This works ok except for two problems:

Fine tuning the position of the text box is not easy. If I nudge it with
keyboard, it moves a lot more than I want. If I use the mouse, it snaps into
invisible grids. If I hold down the alt key to prevent snapping, the
bounding box would resist moving at first, then suddenly move by a big
distance. Is there a better way to move a text box by a small distance?

Putting the cursor into a previously created text box seems like a hit and
miss thing. Quite often clicking the cursor on the text results in new text
being created. I have to click several times before it "finds" the old text
box. Is there an easier way?

-peter

 

[Anne Troy]

Holding the Alt key *should* work, Peter, but it depends on placement of the
graphic, I think. Try holding Ctrl+Arrow keys to move small amounts. Not to
mention, this is a terrible way to create a form. Sorry.
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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[peter]

Holding the Alt key *should* work, Peter, but it depends on placement of
the graphic, I think. Try holding Ctrl+Arrow keys to move small amounts.
Not to mention, this is a terrible way to create a form. Sorry.

Someone else created the form. I'm merely trying to fill it in. If there is
a better way to fill it, please let me know.

 

[Anne Troy]

If you find yourself doing this often with other people's forms, then I
would likely try to find the form online (if it's something used by multiple
companies), or go buy a cheap typewriter, and scan the completed version
onto your PC for storage.
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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com