Please help me with Form Fields.

[Guest]

I am trying to design a form. The problem is when you start typing in the
form field it shifts the other words around. How can i make that field a
certain size to where the other words wont move around? For instance lets say
the form looks like this:

Lastname: FormField Firstname: FormField

Well once you lock it and start typing in the last name it will move the
first name. How do you lock it so the firstname wont move?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I am trying to design a form. The problem is when you start typing in
the form field it shifts the other words around. How can i make that
field a certain size to where the other words wont move around? For
instance lets say the form looks like this:

Lastname: FormField Firstname: FormField

Well once you lock it and start typing in the last name it will move
the first name. How do you lock it so the firstname wont move?

Make a table, and put each field in a separate cell. Turn off the table's
borders (Format > Borders & Shading) if you don't want them.

 

[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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