applying styles to form controls word 2007

[maggie]

i am creating forms in word 2007. I insert a plain text conrtol and in the
properties create a style called bullets to create a multiline bulleted list.
However when I type into the field no style is used and the enter key
produces a soft return instead of a paragraph. Cannot find any information
on this. Also why doesn't the style present in the document appear in the
Content Control Property box?

thaking anyone who can help me.

maggie

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

If you want to apply styles to form controls, you need to use a Rich Text
form control, not a Plain Text control.

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Ignore previous response. It appears that it is only the character
formatting of a style that is applied, not the paragraph formatting/number
formatting.

However, if you insert a Rich Text content control into a paragraph to which
bullets have been applied, every time you press enter a new bulleted
paragraph is inserted into the control.

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[Stefan Blom]

However, if you insert a Rich Text content control into a paragraph to

which bullets have been applied, every time you press enter a new bulleted
paragraph is inserted into the control.

Not really, since Word adds a line break rather than a paragraph mark when
pressing Enter inside a content control.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Stefan,

Not what I see here. At least, where the Enter key is pressed, a pilcrow
(¶) terminates the line and running a macro with the command

MsgBox ActiveDocument.Paragraphs.Count

returns a number equal to the number of pilcrows that are present in the
document.



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[Stefan Blom]

Sorry, my mistake: I tested with a plain text control. :-(

Your description is accurate.