Form not starting at top

[cleo_cat]

Word 2003: I created a form for users in Word. I used tables as the basic
framework. However, the first page of the 4 page document has the
instructions for the users. When the form opens, it leaps right to the first
form field, which is on the second page. I know human nature well enough to
guess they will NEVER go back and look at the instructions.

I tried entering an unneeded checkbox on the front page at the beginning so
that Word would read that as the first field to be filled out, but it still
skips that page and goes to the top of the second page. It will tab to the
check box on the first page AFTER it does the last field in the form.

How do I get the form to open at the top of the first page instead of at the
top of the first form field?

Thank you in advance.

 

[macropod]

Hi cleo_cat,

A simple solution would be to put a checkbox field on the 1st page. That way, the document will only scroll to that point until the
user tabs out of the formfield.

 

[cleo_cat]

I tried that (see my second paragraph below). It didn't work.

Hi cleo_cat,

A simple solution would be to put a checkbox field on the 1st page. That way, the document will only scroll to that point until the
user tabs out of the formfield.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Word 2003: I created a form for users in Word. I used tables as the basic
framework. However, the first page of the 4 page document has the
instructions for the users. When the form opens, it leaps right to the first
form field, which is on the second page. I know human nature well enough to
guess they will NEVER go back and look at the instructions.

I tried entering an unneeded checkbox on the front page at the beginning so
that Word would read that as the first field to be filled out, but it still
skips that page and goes to the top of the second page. It will tab to the
check box on the first page AFTER it does the last field in the form.

How do I get the form to open at the top of the first page instead of at the
top of the first form field?

Thank you in advance.

 

[macropod]

Hi cleo_cat,

I suspect the reason the checkbox isn't being selected until all the other fields are filled in is that you added it last. If you'd
have to create the form with that layout from the outset, with the checkbox as the first field created, it'd probably have been OK.

A possible workaround for your existing document would be to insert a continuous Section break at the top of the 1st page, and leave
the new 1st Section unprotected. The drawback is that your users could then start typing there ...

The only alternative to that would be to use an auto_open macro that activates the checkbox formfield. Of course, this won't work if
the user decides to disable macros or Word's security settings are set too high.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

I tried that (see my second paragraph below). It didn't work.

Hi cleo_cat,

A simple solution would be to put a checkbox field on the 1st page. That way, the document will only scroll to that point until
the
user tabs out of the formfield.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Word 2003: I created a form for users in Word. I used tables as the basic
framework. However, the first page of the 4 page document has the
instructions for the users. When the form opens, it leaps right to the first
form field, which is on the second page. I know human nature well enough to
guess they will NEVER go back and look at the instructions.

I tried entering an unneeded checkbox on the front page at the beginning so
that Word would read that as the first field to be filled out, but it still
skips that page and goes to the top of the second page. It will tab to the
check box on the first page AFTER it does the last field in the form.

How do I get the form to open at the top of the first page instead of at the
top of the first form field?

Thank you in advance.