Selecting within a field

[DanD1usa]

I have a protected form containing text fields. After entering text into the
field the users would like to be able to select part of that text. When you
try to select part of the entered text the selection highlight jumps to the
end of the field.

Is ther a way to select only part of the text entered into that field?

 

[Jerry]

It is difficult, but possible. You can't click and drag, or you get the
result you describe. But you can use the arrow keys to place the cursor at
the point you want the selection to begin, press and hold Shift, and then use
the arrow keys to select the portion of the text box you want.

It's best if the text in the text field ends with a space, because if you
use the arrow keys to select the last character within the field, it will
automatically jump up to select the entire field again.

Another way to do it is to simply select and copy the entire text field, and
then use Paste Special to paste it into its new location as unformatted text.
However, this will NOT work if you're pasting it back into a protected form.

 

[DanD1usa]

Thanks for your reply

I tried the method using the arrow keys and the selection jumps to the
beginning or end of the field depending on the arrow pressed.

 

[Jerry]

That's odd. It works just fine on my computer.

Do you, perchance, have your computer set to select the entire word? I do
not, and I wonder if that might have an effect on its behavior.

 

[DanD1usa]

Located the problem

The field is in a cell of a table, when I take the field out of the table
then the selection works OK.

Thanks for your help.