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Subject:Re: Table control limits in Word? From:Ed Gregory <edgregory -at- HOME -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 5 Aug 1999 22:14:58 -0500
Thanks, Beth.
Row formatting helps part of the way. Row formatting does hide any text
you enter that would exceed your established row height. For example, if
you set your row height at 14 and your typeface is 12.5 or so, any that
would wrap within the cell will be hidden. Only the first row is displayed.
However...
The space is still being used. The size of your document grows in length,
in a strange way to be sure. The hidden text is, in essence, sent behind
the non-hidden text. However, this "hidden" text can cause the page to grow
and created unexpected page breaks.
It is still probably going to remain our interim answer.
At 01:17 PM 7/22/99 -0400, Beth Mason wrote:
>Ed,
>Have you considered using row formatting to do this? If you go to =
>Table>Cell Height and Width, on the Row tab you can set the row height to =
>Exactly a certain number of points. The users of your form would still be =
>able to enter too much info, but it won't make your table expand, and when
=
>they see that their additional input is not visible, they will probably =
>shorten their answer.=20
>
>HTH,
>Beth
>
>
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>Beth Champion Mason
>Senior Technical Writer/Editor
>ManTech Systems Solutions Corp.
>(757) 938-9377
>
>>>> Ed Gregory <edgregory -at- HOME -dot- NET> 07/21 9:16 PM >>>
>I'm aware of that feature. However, each of those characters can be a
>carriage return.
>
>What I am looking for is a way to control the behavior of the ENTER key in
>Word tables. I can control what the ENTER key does in an Excel cell and in
>an Access field. Apparently, Word tables lack that feature.
>
>We are in an environment that does not promote the use of macros. I'm only
>beginning to play with Active X controls, but I've seen nothing yet that
>will solve my Word tables problem.
>
>Thanks for responding.
>
>At 09:11 AM 7/21/99 -0500, Jo Baer wrote:
><SNIP>
>
>In the Text Form Field Options dialog box (access by dobule-clicking on
>>the form field) there is a Maximum Length list box. You can specify the
>>maximum number of characters that users can enter. HTH.
>>
>>Jo
>>&:-)
>>
>>Ed wrote:
>>
>>Snip
>>
>>I cannot find a way to protect a form field from growing
>> vertically and blowing our carefully crafted form to smithereens.
>>
>>Snip
>>
>Ed Gregory
>http://www.members.home.net/edgregory/search1.htm=20
>
