Max Length missing in field Properties Window

[Craig]

Re: Office 2007 - Word
Text fill-in field
Content Control Properties
Help: "forms" search results

Help says...
"To limit the amount of information a person can type in the field, set a
maximum width by selecting the field, clicking Properties in the Controls
group, and entering a value under Maximum length. "

Problem:
Properties does not contain "Maximum Length".
What do I do?

 

[Jay Freedman]

The help is referring to a text form field from the Legacy Tools button in
the Controls group.

A text *content control* (Rich Text or Plain Text) doesn't have any maximum
length that's settable. Instead, you must write macro code in the content
control Exit event handler. For example, if the particular content control
has a Tag value (assigned in its Properties dialog) equal to "ShortName",
then this code will complain if the content is too long:

Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit( _
ByVal CC As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean)

If CC.Tag = "ShortName" Then
If (Not CC.ShowingPlaceholderText) And _
Len(CC.Range.Text) > 12 Then
MsgBox "Name must be no more than 12 characters."
CC.Range.Select
End If
End If
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if needed.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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