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Old October 6th, 2008, 10:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
TiffanyH
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I'm using tables for an employee appraisal and I want to lock the size of the
table so they can type in it, but it won't increase in size if they keep
typing beyond the size on the screen. Anything out there for that?
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Old October 7th, 2008, 12:09 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Locking Table Size

Set the rows to an exact height and the columns to a preferred width, with
auto resizing disabled.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
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Fairhope, Alabama USA

"TiffanyH" wrote in message
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I'm using tables for an employee appraisal and I want to lock the size of
the
table so they can type in it, but it won't increase in size if they keep
typing beyond the size on the screen. Anything out there for that?



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Old October 9th, 2008, 02:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
TiffanyH
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Default Locking Table Size

Ok great! Now that the tables are locked in size, is there anyway to not
allow the use to continue typing beyond the cell size?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Set the rows to an exact height and the columns to a preferred width, with
auto resizing disabled.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"TiffanyH" wrote in message
...
I'm using tables for an employee appraisal and I want to lock the size of
the
table so they can type in it, but it won't increase in size if they keep
typing beyond the size on the screen. Anything out there for that?




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Old October 9th, 2008, 02:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Locking Table Size

No, you just have to hope they have sense enough to stop when their typing
starts disappearing. In a protected form, you can limit the number of
characters, but that doesn't prevent them from pressing Enter.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"TiffanyH" wrote in message
...
Ok great! Now that the tables are locked in size, is there anyway to not
allow the use to continue typing beyond the cell size?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Set the rows to an exact height and the columns to a preferred width,
with
auto resizing disabled.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"TiffanyH" wrote in message
...
I'm using tables for an employee appraisal and I want to lock the size
of
the
table so they can type in it, but it won't increase in size if they
keep
typing beyond the size on the screen. Anything out there for that?







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Old October 9th, 2008, 03:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Stefan Blom
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Default Locking Table Size

The alternative is using the macros presented in the following KB article:

How to code the ENTER key to move between form fields in a protected form in
Word
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211219/en-us

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Microsoft Word MVP



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
No, you just have to hope they have sense enough to stop when their typing
starts disappearing. In a protected form, you can limit the number of
characters, but that doesn't prevent them from pressing Enter.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"TiffanyH" wrote in message
...
Ok great! Now that the tables are locked in size, is there anyway to not
allow the use to continue typing beyond the cell size?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Set the rows to an exact height and the columns to a preferred width,
with
auto resizing disabled.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"TiffanyH" wrote in message
...
I'm using tables for an employee appraisal and I want to lock the size
of
the
table so they can type in it, but it won't increase in size if they
keep
typing beyond the size on the screen. Anything out there for that?











 




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