Enter Key Moves form around

[Bob]

word 2000
how do i make the enter key act like the tab key while in a form?
when someone entering the form uses the enter key (as most people have been taught to do) the form resizes.

thanks.

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi Bob,

Here's an article from the MS KB which provides instructions on how to accomplish using the Enter key to navigate form fields:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211219

Also, if there are situations where the user needs to press Enter many form developers will utilize borderless Word tables to control this issue and tables work well for form layout.

What you would need to do is set your row height to an exact measurement in Table/Table Properties/Row. This way if the user presses Enter it will not change the height of the row and keep the layout intact.

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