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Michael Frederickson
I have created a template to make filling in a standard form easier and
automated. The form has many blocks that need filled in. There are many
tables on the template to hold the user entered data that would go on the
form. The first thing on the form is a row of boxes for the first name. So
I create a table that had twenty cells in one row. So far so good, played
with the formatting and it looks like the original form. If I try to fill
this in with the name, say Michael, I have to type <m> (I did figure out how
to force uppercase) <tab> <i> <tab> <c> <tab> <h> <tab> <a> <tab> <e> <tab>
<l>. I now am trying to set the table up so that if I type <michael> <tab>
it would put one letter in the first cell and the next letter in the next
cell and so on and then move to the next table which holds the membership
number. There used to be a function or setting in Dbase (yup, I'm that old)
to move to next field when full. Is there any way to duplicate that on a
Word table that is part of a template for a fillable form.
I do understand some OOP and limited exposure to vba (I'm working real hard
to get better with this, suggested resources?). I have programmed before in
basic, dbase, clipper, fortran, cobol, and C ++(very little for a college
class). OK, I always hate trying to figure out how to explain my problem,
because I usually forget to include enough to give you a decent picture of
the problem. Hope I did better this time!
Mike
automated. The form has many blocks that need filled in. There are many
tables on the template to hold the user entered data that would go on the
form. The first thing on the form is a row of boxes for the first name. So
I create a table that had twenty cells in one row. So far so good, played
with the formatting and it looks like the original form. If I try to fill
this in with the name, say Michael, I have to type <m> (I did figure out how
to force uppercase) <tab> <i> <tab> <c> <tab> <h> <tab> <a> <tab> <e> <tab>
<l>. I now am trying to set the table up so that if I type <michael> <tab>
it would put one letter in the first cell and the next letter in the next
cell and so on and then move to the next table which holds the membership
number. There used to be a function or setting in Dbase (yup, I'm that old)
to move to next field when full. Is there any way to duplicate that on a
Word table that is part of a template for a fillable form.
I do understand some OOP and limited exposure to vba (I'm working real hard
to get better with this, suggested resources?). I have programmed before in
basic, dbase, clipper, fortran, cobol, and C ++(very little for a college
class). OK, I always hate trying to figure out how to explain my problem,
because I usually forget to include enough to give you a decent picture of
the problem. Hope I did better this time!
Mike