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Old February 22nd, 2010, 04:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Marsh
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Default Online Form in Table - Word 2007

Good Morning
I am creating several online word forms and have a situation where in a two
column table, I require several hundred characters in the form field in the
left column in the third row of a 12 row table. After protecting the form,
when that particular field is reached, as typing progresses, the column width
increases, pushing the entire right column to the right. Question is how can
I set this so when the user reaches the 25th character, word wrapping occurs
rather than continuing on the same line.
Thanks for the help.
Marsh
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Old February 22nd, 2010, 06:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Jay Freedman
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Default Online Form in Table - Word 2007

There's no way to set a particular number of characters, but you can
approximate that behavior.

If the form is a protected one, unprotect it.

Temporarily put 25 characters into the field in question. (Note that if the
font in use is a proportional one, the actual width will depend on which
characters you've typed. The only way to avoid that is to format the field
to use a nonproportional font such as Courier New.) Adjust all the other
column widths as needed.

On the Table Tools Layout tab of the ribbon, click the AutoFit button and
choose Fixed Column Width. This prevents the cell widths from changing with
typing. It applies to the entire table, not just one column.

If necessary, reprotect the form.

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Marsh wrote:
Good Morning
I am creating several online word forms and have a situation where in
a two column table, I require several hundred characters in the form
field in the left column in the third row of a 12 row table. After
protecting the form, when that particular field is reached, as typing
progresses, the column width increases, pushing the entire right
column to the right. Question is how can I set this so when the user
reaches the 25th character, word wrapping occurs rather than
continuing on the same line.
Thanks for the help.
Marsh



 




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