On a Word template, how do i make the text wrap around?

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guntherhead

I have a template I downloaded from the Office website. When typing in the
body of the template, when you come to the end of the line, the text (the
cursor) doesn't automatically drop down the the next line. You can continue
typing and the text goes off into never never land. You have the move the
cursor with the mouse to the next line to continue typing. How do I fix this?
 
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Anne Troy

Hi. It might be helpful to know which template you downloaded.
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com
www.MyExpertsOnline.com


guntherhead said:
I have a template I downloaded from the Office website. When typing in the
body of the template, when you come to the end of the line, the text (the
cursor) doesn't automatically drop down the the next line. You can continue
typing and the text goes off into never never land. You have the move the
cursor with the mouse to the next line to continue typing. How do I fix
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this?
 
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Anne Troy

Okay, I've had me a look...what fun that was---couldn't find it! Anyway, I
don't see any "lines" that are designed to wrap. You'd have to redesign it
slightly to make it wrap. So, either tab to the next line, or redesign it.
You could merge the table cells. But they do it that way, I'm sure, so the
form doesn't get too long, and so they can also be printed and used to fill
in manually.

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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com
www.MyExpertsOnline.com
 
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guntherhead

Well you're right. There are no lines that are designed to wrap. That's the
problem. I would like them to wrap. If I knew how to redesign the form, I
wouldn't have posted this question. I can't be any clearer in my instruction
on how to find this template - I double checked the steps and had no problem
getting to the form. I guess if you couldn't find it you wouldn't see any
"lines". Would you try again please? Thanks.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

From your description, the form was designed to be filled in by hand. Lines
were created using table rows with bottom borders. There is no way to make
this work with continuous text in Word. You either have to type to the end
of a line, tab to the next row, and continue, or redesign the form. For
suggestions, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm
 
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