How can I freeze or lock tables or textboxes?

[Leon-K]

Hi,

I am creating a form that uses a series of textboxes and checkboxes.
The form has to be completely locked so that it stays on two pages.
I can set a maximum character length in the textboxes, however, this does
not stop people from pressing enter and starting new lines. Making the form
run into a third page.
I can use the textboxes from the control toolbar (rather than ones from the
form toolbar) which are completely frozen. However, I would rather there be
another way as to make the form easy to complete, I'd like my users to be
able to press the tab key to switch fields.

Can I either lock a textbox, a table (as all the textboxes are inside a
table) or even set a page limit on the whole document?

thanks for your help
Leon

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can put your form fields in table cells with Exact row height. This
doesn't prevent users from pressing Enter, but most will have sense enough
to stop typing when their text starts to disappear. Alternatively, see “WD:
How to Code ENTER Key to Move to Next Field in Form†at
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=211219

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Do _not_ use fields from the Control Toolbox!

You can change the behavior of the Enter key in your form or simply put your
fields inside a fixed-size table cell or frame. What you are talking about
is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the
links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm. The first link
contains a link to the article on changing the behavior of the Enter key.

Hope this helps,