Word shrinks font when doc is protected?

[chad]

I built a bill of sale form with lots of places to fill out vehicle specific
info. I used tables to have areas that could be filed out by someone. I added
text form fields in the tables I want the person to fill out. The idea was to
protect the document so they could only fill out the places I designated with
text form fields and not mess with the rest of the text on the page. Well I
have this really big table with the price in it. I think I set the font to 22
or something, anyway everytime I protect the doc. and fill out the grey box
it shrinks the font down to like 12 or so. When I ad the text form field I
get a really large grey box like it is the right size, but when I protect the
doc and begin to type it shrinks it down. If I delete all the text I just
typed the grey box pops back up in the large size again. I have checked the
table properties, the text properties(I couldn't find a font size option) and
am out of ideas. What do you guys think?

 

[Graham Mayor]

With the form unlocked, Press ALT+F9 format the field as you wish it to
appear and add a charformat switch inside the brackets eg {REF Fieldname
\*Charformat}. Lock the form.

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[chad]

Mr. Mayor,
Thank you for the help. However, it just went way past my pay grade. I
am not familiar with alt+f9 and brackets. And I thought I was really cooking
using tables! I emptied the table I want formatted and tried alt+f9 and your
example in it and protected it and it didn't work. I tried the alt+f9 and
your example inside the grey box of text form fields and it didn't work. I
even googled it and read where I only have to format the first letter of the
first word or something but I am lost here. I wonder if I could beg you to
please explain step by step how to do this in my table. Can I send the form
to you? I don't think I have explained what I want very well. I think if you
were to see what it is doing then you would understand. Please.

Thanks for the help,
Chad
ibuy (at) windstrea m dot net

 

[Graham Mayor]

Send the document to the link on my web site.
It is only neccessary to format the first letter of the field, but
formatting *all* the field covers that.

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[chad]

Mr. Mayor, You rock. It is on its way.

Thank You,
Chad