Can I Limit the text in a table cell to 2 lines?

[ste ©]

Hi there,

I've used Microsoft Word 2000 to create a table-based application form. For
some of the cells, we require users to type in up to 2 lines of text. After
2 lines, the text disappears. Is there a way we can limit them to just
typing 2 lines? As far I can tell, I can only limit the amount of
characters, which doesn't really help me that much, and I don't want to make
the cell bigger, because we do literally want 2 lines of text in there.

Thank you for any help.

Regards,

Stephen

 

[Stefan Blom]

Have you considered setting the height of the cell to a fixed
value?

Stefan Blom

 

[ste ©]

Hi Stefan,

The height of the cell is a fixed value, and I've set the options so that no
matter how much data someone enters, it won't resize. My worry though, is
that someone will enter several lines of text when I don't want them too.

Any ideas of how to set a two line limit of characters?

Thanks,

Ste

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Setting the cell to an Exact height is the best you can do. You can limit
the number of characters, but that doesn't stop users from pressing Enter
(unless you code the Enter key to emulate Tab and take them to the next form
field). You have to assume (or at least hope) that users will be smart
enough to notice when their text starts disappearing and stop typing.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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[steve]

Hi Suzanne, thanks for confirming this. It's not a big deal so I'll live...


Thanks,

Ste


| Setting the cell to an Exact height is the best you can do. You can limit
| the number of characters, but that doesn't stop users from pressing Enter
| (unless you code the Enter key to emulate Tab and take them to the next
form
| field). You have to assume (or at least hope) that users will be smart
| enough to notice when their text starts disappearing and stop typing.
|
| --
| Suzanne S. Barnhill
| Microsoft MVP (Word)
| Words into Type
| Fairhope, Alabama USA
| Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
| Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
| all may benefit.
|
| | > Hi Stefan,
| >
| > The height of the cell is a fixed value, and I've set the options so
that
| no
| > matter how much data someone enters, it won't resize. My worry though,
is
| > that someone will enter several lines of text when I don't want them
too.
| >
| > Any ideas of how to set a two line limit of characters?
| >
| > Thanks,
| >
| > Ste
| >
| >
| > | > > Have you considered setting the height of the cell to a fixed
| > > value?
| > >
| > > Stefan Blom
| > >
| > >
| > > | > > > Hi there,
| > > >
| > > > I've used Microsoft Word 2000 to create a table-based
| > > application form. For
| > > > some of the cells, we require users to type in up to 2 lines of
| > > text. After
| > > > 2 lines, the text disappears. Is there a way we can limit them
| > > to just
| > > > typing 2 lines? As far I can tell, I can only limit the amount
| > > of
| > > > characters, which doesn't really help me that much, and I don't
| > > want to make
| > > > the cell bigger, because we do literally want 2 lines of text
| > > in there.
| > > >
| > > > Thank you for any help.
| > > >
| > > > Regards,
| > > >
| > > > Stephen
| > > >
| > > >
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|