How do you change the visible form field size to match that of the text form
field maximum length. In other words the shaded form field needs to match
the size of the text form field, and not shift other text when an entry is
made.

You'll find it difficult to make the form field itself the desired size, but
you can put it in a table cell the desired size, with a bottom border if
desired.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"G-DEAD" <G-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How do you change the visible form field size to match that of the text
form
> field maximum length. In other words the shaded form field needs to match
> the size of the text form field, and not shift other text when an entry is
> made.

You can put in the number of non-breaking spaces that you have allowed for
form length as your default text. Ctrl-Shift-Spacebar. What you are talking
about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms,
follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

Hope this helps,
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"G-DEAD" <G-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How do you change the visible form field size to match that of the text
> form
> field maximum length. In other words the shaded form field needs to match
> the size of the text form field, and not shift other text when an entry is
> made.