The problem here is that the user attempted to create an online form,
but didn't create it correctly. So when you type on the
underscores...your text is not in underline mode, so your text is
typed over the lines and they move.
Yes, you can switch to typeover or you can hit Ctrl + U to cause your
typed text to become underlines so it matches the document. But then
you'll also have to delete some of the additional underlines, since
the lines there will move.
You might want to inform the form creator that this is a much better
way to create a document to allow folks to fillin online forms. They
can insert a table and use form fields. This will allow the user to
easily tab from field to field. If they want underlines, they can
either set underlining to the table cell...or just set an underline
attribute to the form field. This will cause the typed text to
automatically become underlined.
You can point them to my free forms tutorials here to learn how to do
this. Point out the "please fill out this form" series as it's for
beginners to start learning how to do forms and the great advantage of
using them.
(OR...you can do what I do...be really evil and recreate the form the
proper way and return it to them in the correct format. They'll freak
to see how much better your version works!<wink>)
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