text disappears as I type

[Wes]

Hello
I received a document set up as a form. After unprotecting several cells and removing the text I started typing in a column. If my sentences were long and came up to the column border the text would disappear. When I press enter they reappear. I'm wondering why this is happening and how to 'fix' it? Thanks in advance
Wes

 

[Wes]

The form I'm working with was created by someone who has left the company. I tried copying & pasting the form into a new document but the results are the same. Hope this sheds some light. Thanks again
Wes

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?V2Vz?=,

I received a document set up as a form. After unprotecting several cells and removing the text I started typing in a column. If my sentences were long and came up to the column border the text would disappear. When I press enter they reappear. I'm wondering why this is happening and how to 'fix' it?

The first thing that comes to my mind is that the cell may have a decimal tab set? If you select the cell, the go into Format/Tabs do you see any tabs set for it?

Cindy Meister
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[Wes]

Hi Cindy
There were no decimal settings under the tab option. This is driving me buggy. Anything else you could recommend? Thanks for your help
Wes

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?V2Vz?=,

There were no decimal settings under the tab option. This is driving me buggy. Anything else you could recommend?

Well... when I run into something like this, these are the things I do to try and determine what's causing it

1. View the table in Normal view, where I can drag cells and the table to a great width

2. Select the cell content and copy/paste into another document (no table), then take a close look at the paragraph
formatting

3. Select the table, Table/Convert Table to Text, then Table/Convert Text to Table. With any luck, that will get rid
of structural problems in the table.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
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http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Wes]

Hi Cindy
I offered up this last suggestion, but the user decided to just create a new form from scratch. Thanks for your assistance.

Wes

 

[Charles Kenyon]

The table cells have a right indent /margin that is past the edge of the
cell, perhaps considerably past it. Look in the ruler.
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Hi Cindy,
I offered up this last suggestion, but the user decided to just create a

new form from scratch. Thanks for your assistance.