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keep text from moving text box down

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I have created a doc that others can type in their info into a text box and

tab over to the next text box, but I've run into an issue that hen I type

text inside a large text box and reach the end of the box (the right side),

the whole box moves down. I would like to know how I can limit the text to

stay inside the text box created without shifting everything down. Keep in

mind that the reason I don't want everything to shift down when I hit ENTER

is because I have additional text boxes below it. I am using Word 2003. Any

help will be very appreciated.

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    • Text boxes don't ordinarily move or expand when you type in them, and text

      boxes also can't be used in protected forms, so I assume you're talking

      about a text form field. These are usually curbed by putting them in table

      cells with exact row height and preferred column width (auto resizing turned

      off).

      Suzanne S. Barnhill

      Microsoft MVP (Word)

      Words into Type

      Fairhope, Alabama USA

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      "JVM" <JVM.ms-word.itags.org.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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      > I have created a doc that others can type in their info into a text box

      and

      > tab over to the next text box, but I've run into an issue that hen I type

      > text inside a large text box and reach the end of the box (the right

      side),

      > the whole box moves down. I would like to know how I can limit the text

      to

      > stay inside the text box created without shifting everything down. Keep

      in

      > mind that the reason I don't want everything to shift down when I hit

      ENTER

      > is because I have additional text boxes below it. I am using Word 2003.

      Any

      > help will be very appreciated.

      #1; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:07:00 GMT