Text Form Fields

[Lynda]

Not sure if I have posted this in the right area, but here goes. I am more
familiar with excel so working with forms in word is new to me. I have been
tasked with developing a number of forms at work in Word 2003 for posting on
our website. A guy who left, and is now not contactable, developed a whole
range of forms before he left. He made sure the forms could be filled in
online by inserting text editable fields for client use (both the 'greyed
out' section and dotted lines can be seen when viewing and completing online
and the dotted lines auto-delete as text is inserted) but if printed off in
hard copy the 'greyed out' text editable section disappears and the client is
left with dotted lines in the fields where information can be hand-written.
I can copy and paste what he created but that leaves me limited to only
reproducing what he produced. In other words I cannot create a field with a
different number of dotted lines in the form fields. Can someone please
advise me how I can do this?

Cheers

 

[Graham Mayor]

With the form unprotected, right click the form field and select properties.
Put a row of full stops (periods) in the default text window.
Reprotect the form.
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[Lynda]

Thank you Graham. The document wasn't protected, but when I looked in the
default text window there are no full stops (periods) in the default text
window.
I put some in but now the auto delete doesn't work. Can you assist with that?

 

[Graham Mayor]

In that case it seems that the form is probably macro driven. Without seeing
the macro it is difficult to advise.
If it does not contain sensitive business information, can you send me a
copy of the original form to the link on the home page of my web site so I
can see what he has done?

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[Lynda]

Thank you Graham. I have sent the form by email as requested.

Cheers
Lynda