Set up automatic tabbing when filling in form fields?

J

JoeyR

I am setting up a form in Word. Most fields will have a maximum length. If
the user types to this maximum, I want the cursor to automatically jump to
the next field. How do I set this up?
 
C

Cindy M -WordMVP-

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Sm9leVI=?=,
I am setting up a form in Word. Most fields will have a maximum length. If
the user types to this maximum, I want the cursor to automatically jump to
the next field. How do I set this up?
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This isn't possible; there's nothing in Word you can use to accomplish this.
The user would need to press TAB.

An alternate approach might be to have a UserForm display on opening. Controls
in UserForms have events you could use to force the navigation. When the user
clicks "OK" the data in the UserForm can be transferred to the form fields.

You should follow up on this in the word.vba.userforms newsgroup.

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

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