Word Forms

[Guest]

I set of a form Template and everything works great except that when entering
data in the fields if you hit enter instead of tab to go to the next field it
inserts a row in the form! Is there any way to lock the entire form so that
hitting enter acts like hitting tab? I have the form locked but it still
does it.

 

[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. See the link on the first of these pages that
has the word "Enter" in red.

Hope this helps,
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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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[Jay Freedman]

I set of a form Template and everything works great except that when
entering data in the fields if you hit enter instead of tab to go to
the next field it inserts a row in the form! Is there any way to
lock the entire form so that hitting enter acts like hitting tab? I
have the form locked but it still does it.

Hi Dave,

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=187985.