can form field position be fixed?

[itfellow]

Hi all,

I am trying to create some forms in Word 97 for people in the office which has fillable fields that can be tabbed through. For example, here is one line:

<form field1> <form field2>
First Name Last Name

I can make the form fields and protect the doc so that the users can tab through the fields, but the start position of form field 2 changes depending on the length of form field 1. Is there any way that I can fix the start position of form field 2 so that it starts above the "L" on Last Name regardess of how many characters are in form field 1?

 

[TonyJollans]

Hi itfellow,

You can use the same techniques you would to position any other element of a document. Putting the fields in a table would probably do the trick or, if it's a simple scenario you might be able to use tabs.

Enjoy,
Tony

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[itfellow]

Could you give me an example of what one of these techniques might be? Tabs don't do the trick and I could not insert a form field into a table.

 

[Dreamboat]

Could not insert a form field into a table??
Why not?

Here's a sample:

http://www.theofficeexperts.com/word.htm#Fill-inForms

Anne Troy

http://www.vbaexpress.com/forum

 

[TonyJollans]

Hi itfellow,

Here's what I did:

Inserted a Text Form Field
Pressed Tab
Inserted a Text Form Field
Pressed Return
Typed "First Name"
Pressed Tab
Typed "Last Name"
Pressed Ctrl+a (to select all)
Selected Format > Paragraph... from the Menu
Clicked on the Tabs... button
Entered 8cm in the Tab stop position: textbox
Clicked on Set
Clicked on OK

Protected the document for Forms

The first form field could then extend to 8cm
So how big are your fields likely to be?

Dreamboat's example of form fields in a table will achieve the same.
Could you give a bit more detail about what your problems are?

Enjoy,
Tony

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[itfellow]

Dreamboat and TonyJollans,

I tried out both your suggestions and they both worked like a charm. I appreciate your educating me on the subject. As for being unable to insert a form field into a table, I believe I had that confused with a text box. One of the initial things I tried was creating text boxes, since you can anchor them to a position, and then inserting a form field into the textbox. That didn't work.

Thanks again.