A
Anthony
How can I automatically jump to the next form field when the current form
field's maximum text length has been reach?
field's maximum text length has been reach?
A
Anthony
Is it possible to do it using a macro?
Cindy Meister -WordMVP- said:Hi Anthony,
You cannot. Word provides no mechanism for this in form fields.
Cindy Meister
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Charles Kenyon
Such a macro could slow Word down sufficiently to really frustrate your
user. This is essentially intercepting and monitoring all keyboard input. It
would take a very fast computer with lots of RAM to have any chance of being
transparent to the user. It will also frustrate your users because if they
are typing along suddenly they will be typing in a different (and likely
inappropriate to what they are typing) field.
If you are going to invest this much time in setting up a macro, you might
be better off preparing a UserForm to gather your data. Such features are
added to such a custom dialog box much more easily than is the case with
online forms (the kind you are talking about).
Which version of Word are you using? What is your operating system? What are
the characteristics of the computers that will use this? Speed? Amount of
RAM? Hard disk space?
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What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at <URL:
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms> especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.
Hope this helps,
Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>
See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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user. This is essentially intercepting and monitoring all keyboard input. It
would take a very fast computer with lots of RAM to have any chance of being
transparent to the user. It will also frustrate your users because if they
are typing along suddenly they will be typing in a different (and likely
inappropriate to what they are typing) field.
If you are going to invest this much time in setting up a macro, you might
be better off preparing a UserForm to gather your data. Such features are
added to such a custom dialog box much more easily than is the case with
online forms (the kind you are talking about).
Which version of Word are you using? What is your operating system? What are
the characteristics of the computers that will use this? Speed? Amount of
RAM? Hard disk space?
--
What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at <URL:
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms> especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.
Hope this helps,
Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm>
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>
See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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