How can I count characters and then jump the abyss?

[ronben]

Version: 2004 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Processor: Intel My form has a single one-row table that takes up the whole page for entry, by a user, of a narrative description of a problem. But the narrative, if it is long, may need to extend to another blank page. How do I automate jumping the abyss? My first idea is to count characters as they are entered (monospace characters) and when the limit is reached, move the insertion to a field in a new table on the next page. The character count would have to include spaces. I am looking for VBA code to do this but haven't figured it out yet.

I need a tip just to get the ball rolling.

Thanks
Ron

 

[John McGhie]

Don't do anything! The behaviour you want is the default.

Make sure you format that row with "Allow row to break across pages" and
Word will allow it to grow to thousands of pages if needed.

Cheers

Version: 2004 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Processor: Intel My form
has a single one-row table that takes up the whole page for entry, by a user,
of a narrative description of a problem. But the narrative, if it is long,
may need to extend to another blank page. How do I automate jumping the
abyss? My first idea is to count characters as they are entered (monospace
characters) and when the limit is reached, move the insertion to a field in a
new table on the next page. The character count would have to include spaces.
I am looking for VBA code to do this but haven't figured it out yet.

I need a tip just to get the ball rolling.

Thanks
Ron

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