Hi Scott,
If you fixed the row height, it means you want to limit user input, or, if
it was not your intention, but layout is important, then that's what you
get!
Something simple is to figure out what is an acceptable length for a text to
be typed in a particular field (in numbers of characters, which is kind of
arbitrary, I know, but...Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do!), add a bit to
that and set the maximum length of the field to that number (Double click
the field to access its properties). Let's say that you decide that 50
characters is plenty for a particular field, protect your form, type 50 "M"
or "W" (Which are quite wide, this bit will not be necessary if you use a
fixed-width font like Courrier) and see how much space you need for that,
make sure your row height and cell width accommodates that fixed length. Of
course, if a user types text that contains a lot of "i" and "l", they will
feel cheated when they get to the maximum allowed but see that some space is
still available!
If you do not want to use a fixed length with the form fields, then your
users will have to be trained... Once the text goes over the bottom edge,
then that's it! Stop writing!
If flexibility in the amount of space you provide to the users to write is
important, then you are going to have to review your format to allow for
changing row height.
HTH
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Cheers!
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Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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Word MVP site:
http://www.word.mvps.org
Scott R said:
I'm creating forms for our employees to fill out electronically. Most are
Word doc's with tables. I've fixed the row height, so hitting "enter"
doesn't effect my page layout, however I can't figure out how to stop text
from being hidden in a field when typing in long entries. Limiting the
characters works fine for short answer fields, but not for long comment
fields. I've tried everything. Can someone please help?
