drawing fixed lines and typing on them without messing up the rest

[Petey]

Using Word 2002 and have Office 2002 suite installed.

Been trying to make a contract document template, where you can have
several lines pre-drawn and fixed in between sentences, and input text right
on top of the lines without making the rest of the text body move around and
go crazy?

I've spent hours trying to figure this out with online tutorials but am
getting nowhere =x

below is a rough example of what I have in mind:


I, ____________________ , agree to purchase the product, _____________,
for the price of $ ____________ from __________ the seller. The seller
is responsible for blah blah blah blah blah blah in accordance with Code
Thingy _____________ of the city of _____________, _________ county ,
________.


Am I using the wrong program for this perhaps?? little help please! =)

thanks in advance,
Petey

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

One easy way to approach this is using MacroButton fields. I'm assuming what
you want is a form that has lines that can be filled in by hand if you print
it out. If you fill it out on the computer, you don't really need the lines;
the text you type in should replace them. So create a MacroButton field as
follows:

1. Press Ctrl+F9. This will insert a field. It will look like this: { }
That is, two things that look like braces (but aren't) with two spaces
between them. The insertion point will be between the spaces.

2. Type MacroButton NoMacro _________________________ (that is, follow the
text with as many underlines as you want for your "blank"; note that the
field can't wrap to the next line).

3. Press F9 to display the field result.

When you print the document, you'll get your blank lines. When you use the
document on the computer, when you click in the field, it will be selected,
and anything you type (assuming you have "Typing replaces selection" checked
on the Edit tab of Tools | Options) will replace the field.