paragraph formatting in forms

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I upgraded from word 2000 to word 2002. I have a form where in multiple
areas I can insert text in unlimited amounts. After I finished with that
section, I go to a new paragraph by hitting enter once or twice. It used to
simply to down 1 or two lines. The form is protected. Now, in 2002, when I
do this and begin to type, the line is automatically moved back up into the
preceding paragraph. How do I get this to stop and have my new typing stay
where it is?
Example: In Word 2000, in a Text Field I typed:
Thank you for asking me to see Mrs. Smith. I saw her today.

Her story was interesting and we talked at length about its implications.
She said she wanted to contact additional support members.
I said that would be reasonable.

In Word 2002, in the text field, it automatically does this:

Thank you for asking me to see Mrs. Smith. I saw her today. Her story was
interesting and we talked at length about its implications. She said she
wanted to contact additional support members. I said that would be
reasonable.

How do I get it to do the first example and not the second?

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?cmlic3ByZWFkZXI=?=,

This isn't that works differently in 2002 than in 2000...

Is this a form that you created and maintain? Or is it one from some "central
source"? It sounds to me as if the Enter key has been "re-routed" (see KB
article http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=211219) to not allow inserting a new
paragraph.

I upgraded from word 2000 to word 2002. I have a form where in multiple
areas I can insert text in unlimited amounts. After I finished with that
section, I go to a new paragraph by hitting enter once or twice. It used to
simply to down 1 or two lines. The form is protected. Now, in 2002, when I
do this and begin to type, the line is automatically moved back up into the
preceding paragraph. How do I get this to stop and have my new typing stay
where it is?
Example: In Word 2000, in a Text Field I typed:
Thank you for asking me to see Mrs. Smith. I saw her today.

Her story was interesting and we talked at length about its implications.
She said she wanted to contact additional support members.
I said that would be reasonable.

In Word 2002, in the text field, it automatically does this:

Thank you for asking me to see Mrs. Smith. I saw her today. Her story was
interesting and we talked at length about its implications. She said she
wanted to contact additional support members. I said that would be
reasonable.

How do I get it to do the first example and not the second?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?cmlic3ByZWFkZXI=?=,

This is a protected form template that I made. It worked fine in word 2000.
When my computer crashed and we built a new system, I copied the old hard
drive to the new system. I could not find my old word 2000 disc, so I
installed word 2002 out of office 2002. Now when I tab to the text field and
type, it allows me to hit enter and go to a new line, but as soon as I then
start typing in the text field, it moves the line back up to its previous
location.
If the enter key has been re-routed, I do I correct this and why should it
have happened. I don't use macros.

If you start with a new document in Word 2002, insert some text and some text
form fields, protect, and type...

Do you see the problem in this new document, or does it behave "correctly"?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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