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Can anyone tell me how do I freeze the way I have a layout in word? I have a
referral sheet that we are constantly having to type info into and as we type
the words and such also move. Is there any way to type in the info and keep
everything in its place without having to backspace or delete to get the info
back to the correct place? Here is an example of how it is set up....
Clients Name: MALE FEMALE
DOB: Primary Language: Monolingual: Y___N___
Address/Location: HomeTelephone:
Cross Streets: ______ WorkTelephone:
Social Security #: Cell Telephone:

as i am typing in the info the next line moves .... i hope i didnt confuse
you all to bad! thx...

There are lots of ways to do forms (search in this forum for links to very
good tutorials), but one really basic way to do it would be to set up your
form in a table, instead of free-form text and then your users could just tab
from cell to cell...

Personally, I'd put the labels in one cell of the table and leave the
adjacent (next to or below) cell blank for data entry.

"T" wrote:

Can anyone tell me how do I freeze the way I have a layout in word? I have a
referral sheet that we are constantly having to type info into and as we type
the words and such also move. Is there any way to type in the info and keep
everything in its place without having to backspace or delete to get the info
back to the correct place? Here is an example of how it is set up....
Clients Name: MALE FEMALE
DOB: Primary Language: Monolingual: Y___N___
Address/Location: HomeTelephone:
Cross Streets: ______ WorkTelephone:
Social Security #: Cell Telephone:

as i am typing in the info the next line moves .... i hope i didnt confuse
you all to bad! thx...

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"T" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me how do I freeze the way I have a layout in word? I
have a
referral sheet that we are constantly having to type info into and as we
type
the words and such also move. Is there any way to type in the info and
keep
everything in its place without having to backspace or delete to get the
info
back to the correct place? Here is an example of how it is set up....
Clients Name: MALE FEMALE
DOB: Primary Language: Monolingual: Y___N___
Address/Location: HomeTelephone:
Cross Streets: ______ WorkTelephone:
Social Security #: Cell Telephone:

as i am typing in the info the next line moves .... i hope i didnt confuse
you all to bad! thx...