FORMS / Form Field

[Axel]

When I have two variable, length fill-in-the-blank fields, how do I keep the
line from returning to the next - jumping down a "carriage return"
so-to-speak. The total characters isn't greater than the length of the
overall line, yet the first field - if the character string is long enough,
causes the second form field to move down to the next line, disrupting the
format. Is this possible.

TIA

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Axel,

There are two possibilities.

One is to place the form fields into cells in a table, and set the
table's row heights to Exact measurements. This doesn't prevent the
user from putting a paragraph mark in the field, but when the cursor
disappears and they don't see the characters they're typing, they
usually get the idea. <g>

The other is to add macros to the template to change the function of
the Enter key so it does the same as the Tab key. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=187985 for instructions.