Word Doc that I want ppl to fill in, but i do not want the lines to move

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I have a word document that I have created with underlines example:

Name: _________________
Address: ____________________

I want people to be able to type in their name without moving the line over and under any. I have tried using the form fields but had no success. Someone please help, thanks!
 
It is if you put these fields in a simple table. The first part of the link
talked about creating line borders using cells in tables. For instance,
place your cursor at a point where you want the info, click "Table", "Insert
table", select a two-row, two-column table. Size the table columns as
necessary. Turn on the "Tables and Borders" toolbar (View, Toolbars),
highlight your table, click the "Borders" icon dropdown arrow and select the
"No Border" option. If you can't see the gridlines of the table cells,
click "Table", "Show gridlines". Type the "Name:" and "Address:" labels in
the first column. Click in the first row, second column and click the
"Borders" dropdown arrow and select the "Bottom border'. Repeat for the
bottom row. If you want to move around your various cells independent of
other cells in the column, click at the bottom left-hand side of a cell to
select the cell, then drag the column divider as necessary.

Did this help?

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
Jason said:
Bill,

is that suppose to help me insert letters without moving the text over
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any? Thanks.
 
how about i send the document to you so you can see for yourself. The document is already made and I know there is a way to freeze it or something so I can write in the lines. Please send me your email and I'll send it right over.
 
Works for me. Send it to wfoley1@"removethis"txu.com (address protected
from spammers). Delete the obvious.

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
Jason said:
how about i send the document to you so you can see for yourself. The
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document is already made and I know there is a way to freeze it or something
so I can write in the lines. Please send me your email and I'll send it
right over.
 
the document was sent, just contact me through email from now on, thanks for all of your help!
 
I believe the link Bill meant to send you was
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm. In either case,
pay special attention to the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that both
articles link to.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Jason said:
Bill,

is that suppose to help me insert letters without moving the text over
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any? Thanks.
 
Oops! I just sent this one out to another and must have forgotten to copy
this URL and pasted the other. Thank God the PowerPoint folks picked me up!
<VBG>

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
 
Which reminds me that I've been meaning to congratulate you on your
nomination. For those who may wonder what we're talking about, Bill has been
named a Microsoft MVP for PowerPoint.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Thanks (again)!

Bill
Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Which reminds me that I've been meaning to congratulate you on your
nomination. For those who may wonder what we're talking about, Bill has been
named a Microsoft MVP for PowerPoint.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
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Congrats! (I was thinking that Bill Foley posted a lot of very helpful
messages)...

Dayo
 
Bill or anyone,

I have created the form thanks to the MVP! but i have one more question, I tried to put a form field check box in but I cannot get people to fill in and check the box without changing the protection of the file. Is there anyway I can change this or to transfer it over to Acrobat? Thanks!
 
The only way the check box works is with the form protected. Why would you
want to change the protection? It should stay protected so the user can
only fill out what you want him/her to. If you have Word 2002 or 2003 you
can now click the lock on the Forms toolbar to unprotect a form, make
changes, then click back on the lock without losing the formfield data.
However, if you use the "Tools" menu, you WILL lose info. Unfortunately, in
2000 or 97 you still lose data using the lock.

Is this what you were looking for?

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
Jason said:
Bill or anyone,

I have created the form thanks to the MVP! but i have one more question, I
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tried to put a form field check box in but I cannot get people to fill in
and check the box without changing the protection of the file. Is there
anyway I can change this or to transfer it over to Acrobat? Thanks!
 
you can actually protect sections of a document by insertin continuou
sections breaks.. so ifyou have a couple lines with check boxes.. yo
can isert section breaks before/after, then goto tools/protect/section
and choose section 2 to protect.. there is no other way to get for
fields to work without protecting document

SinTe
 
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