How do I set up a an F11 tab?

T

Tooz

I want to set up an F11 tab in Word 2003 - where I can press F11 and the
cursor will move to a selected position.
 
C

Cindy M -WordMVP-

Hi =?Utf-8?B?VG9veg==?=,
I want to set up an F11 tab in Word 2003 - where I can press F11 and the
cursor will move to a selected position.
F11 jumps to the "Next field", so you need some kind of field as the
"target". Do you want these targets to display anything, or basically just
be "empty areas"? Do you want to be able to re-use them, or should they
disappear as soon as one has typed at the target once? (Not sure I can
promise this last, but hey...)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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T

Tooz

I just want them to be "empty areas" so that can type things in - it is for
a template.
 
C

Cindy M -WordMVP-

Hi =?Utf-8?B?VG9veg==?=,
I just want them to be "empty areas" so that can type things in - it is for
a template.
OK, then you need to insert a macrobutton field (which you can do over
Insert/Field. You can use any name for the macro name, as long as it
doesn't exists as a macro :) (Generally, we use NoMacro as the macro
name).

For the display text, you can use nothing at all, but this might be
confusing for the user, as the cursor will disappear. You can also type a
number of spaces, however.

If you ever need to view or edit such a field, Alt+F9 will toggle between
field results and field codes.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

The usual approach for the type of MacroButton field Cindy is referring to
is to use something like "Click here to type name" as the prompt for the
field; when you click in the field, it is selected, so anything that is
typed replaces the field. For more information, see
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm
 

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