I have a 2 page form. The top 1.3 of the first page is demographic form
fields. Then 2nd third is a free form text field that should continue on the
top of the second page if there is excess wordage and continue onto a third
page if there is even more words. The bottom 1/3 of the first page are more
smaller fields such as drop down fields and check boxes. My question is how
do I make the words in the large textbox field continue onto the second page
automatically?
You didn't mention which version of Word you are using. I'm not sure
about other versions, but if you are using Word 2000, I don't believe
you can easily do this. You could *try* to use a combination of
protected/unprotected sections (see
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/WorkWithSections.htm first)
and insert Text boxes on pages 1, 2 and 3 then link the text boxes you
have drawn (after you've drawn them, right-click the first text box to
access the "link" feature). You cannot place a form field in a text
box or vice versa.
Your better option (assuming you are using {FORMTEXT} fields for user
input) would be to position your fields in a table in which you
specifiy the row height(s) - and either in the "help text" or right on
the form at the appropriate points, type your continuance instructions
to the user.
Of course, if you only plan to use pages 2 and 3 for overflow from
your longer {FORMTEXT} field, you could well end up with 2 blank pages
in each of your completed forms. Although I'm sure that one of the
VBA gurus (try microsoft.public.word.VBA.beginners) could help you
with an elegant way of avoiding this.
Alternatively, would it be possible to rearrange the ordering of your
form so that the middle and lower parts on page 1 are reversed? This
way - the user input will automatically continue to the next page if
it goes beyond the space available on page 1.
hro
