How to limit text height entered into a Legacy Form Text Form Field

[corelli]

Hi folks
Hopefully someone can help me here as Ive spent hours looking on the
web for an answer
I have created a form which is protected, so people can only see the
form and then enter text into Text Form Fields. When I type into this
field, the text wraps around before it reaches the end (width) of the
box but not the height! How do I limit the text so that the number of
lines typed in is only as much as is visible within the box? (height)?
thanks
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[Terry Farrell]

In the unprotected form template, right-click the Text Form Field and set
the maximum number of characters. You can work out the maximum that will fit
by typing 8s into the field and counting the characters (an 8 being the
widest character). You could add a few extra characters to that total
because it is safe to assume that someone will not fill it exclusively with
8s and Bs, but you will stop the problem.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Although you can limit the number of characters as Terry suggests, an
approach often used by form designers is to place the form field in a table
cell with preferred column width (auto resizing disabled) and exact row
height. Although users can enter more than can be displayed or printed, they
will usually get the message when their text starts disappearing.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org