I am preparing a form and I want people to enter words into a table. I know
I can restrict the number of characters in a text form field, but dependent
on the width of the individual letters, it may make the table extend.
How do I stop the table extending when people enter text?
First, constrain the column width: Click in the table, then select
Table > AutoFit > Fixed Column Width.
Then constrain the row height: Select the whole table (most easily by
clicking the little box that floats near the top left corner). Select
Table > Table Properties > Row. Check the "Specify height" box, then
type in the height you want, and set the dropdown at the right to
"Exactly". Click OK.
When a user types more in the cell than will fit, the overage will
simply not display. (It's still there, and can be retrieved by
selecting and copying the whole cell, or by increasing the row
height.) When this happens, most people have the good sense to stop
typing, although some may complain to you that their cursor
disappears.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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