"Lock" position of text in document

[Guest]

I have a form designed in Word 2003 that is three pages long. The form
itself is built using tables for positioning. Between some of the tables I
have text that I need to "lock" into a position. For example, if a form item
input were to exceed one line it automatically goes onto a second line BUT
forces the rest of the document down a line. Is there anyway to force the
position of text to stay in a specific position?

Thanks!

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have a form designed in Word 2003 that is three pages long. The
form itself is built using tables for positioning. Between some of
the tables I have text that I need to "lock" into a position. For
example, if a form item input were to exceed one line it
automatically goes onto a second line BUT forces the rest of the
document down a line. Is there anyway to force the position of text
to stay in a specific position?

Thanks!

Add another table; turn off its borders if you don't want it to look like a
table. Set the row height to an "Exact" measurement in Table > Table
Properties > Row. Put the form field in a cell of the table.

Users will still be able to type more than one line in the field, but the
excess will "disappear".

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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