text box

[BorisS]

if using legacy controls for a textbox in a document, is there a property
which behaves as follows (a feature that is available on acrobat forms):

I define the maximum size of the box (to fit a specific space on a page)
User types in, and size of text is normal, until user reaches length of box,
at which time the size of text starts to adjust down to fit the entire text
into the box size

this is different than the Autosize property I'm seeing, as that changes the
size of hte box. I want the size of the text to accommodate the box.

Can this be done?

 

[Stefan Blom]

As far as I know, there is no way to accomplish what you are asking for in a
protected document.

 

[BorisS]

is there anything similar, or something that can work in an unprotected
document (since I was unsure if you were drawing the distinction of "in a
protected document" to mean that this is the limiting factor).

 

[Stefan Blom]

Well, in an unprotected document you can use a table cell and the "Fit text"
option (available in the Cell Options dialog box), but since this option
distributes the text across the cell it will probably look terrible.

In a form, the usual approach is to make use of table cells whose dimensions
are fixed; this prevents the layout from changing, even if you add excessive
text.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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[BorisS]

but then the other thing I'm trying to accomplish is to have the document
locked in all places other than entry points. maybe it's my ignorance of
otherwise, but I thought the only way I could get this to happen is to have
text box form fields, then lock the document, so that tabbing would allow the
user only to access the relevant places to enter text. Is there a way to use
table cells to also have just locked entry points?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Just place the text form fields inside the table cells, make sure to specify
fixed dimensions for the cells, and then protect the document for forms.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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