Exact placement of line

[Island Girl]

What's the simples way to place a horizontal line exactly at 3.25" from the
top of the page? Thanks!

 

[Jay Freedman]

What's the simples way to place a horizontal line exactly at 3.25" from the
top of the page? Thanks!

Use the line tool on the Drawing toolbar, holding the Shift key to keep the line
horizontal. Make it the right length.

Right-click the line and choose Format AutoShape. In the dialog, click the
Layout tab. In that tab, click the Advanced button.

In the next dialog, in the Vertical section, click in the Absolute Position box
and type 3.25". To the right of that, set the dropdown to Page.

Click OK in each dialog.

 

[Island Girl]

Jay, thanks for coming to my rescue once again! I never worry a single bit
about getting the answer to my questions, because I know that you and your
fellow MVPs are "lookout out for me."

 

[Island Girl]

One more thing, Jay, while we're on the subject.

I'm doing stock certificates in which several pieces of text (i.e., name,
Certificate No., etc) have to be in exact locations. Does everything have to
be in a text box in order to get exact placement? There isn't much room for
error and I'm nervous.

Any tip regarding this type of work will surely be appreciated.

Thanks again, Jay.

 

[Terry Farrell]

If you are printing the result onto a pre-printed form, then Text Boxes
fixed the same way as the line (Format Text Box, Layout Tab, Advanced button
and choose Absolute value relative to the page) will work fine. But if you
are concerned that users may enter too many characters, then you can use
Text Form Fields set to a maximum number of characters (use the number 8 to
test the box as 8s use maximum character width).

But I'm sure that the Text Boxes should fit the requirement.

Terry Farrell

 

[Island Girl]

Thanks again, Terry. You've made what seemed like a daunting task look much
easier!