shaded tab stop in template

[Guest]

I have seen forms in word and excel that have shaded boxes that have tab
stops so that one can tab to the blamk and then start tyoing in data. How
did they do that?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have seen forms in word and excel that have shaded boxes that have
tab stops so that one can tab to the blamk and then start tyoing in
data. How did they do that?

Hi Bill,

That's what Word calls an "online form" or "protected form". See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm for references.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.

Hope this helps,
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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