HTML can represent various types of form fields, such as text fields, checkboxes, multiple-choice fields, and file pickers. Such fields can be inspected and manipulated with JavaScript. They fire the 'change' event when changed, fire the 'input' event when text is typed, and receive keyboard events when they have keyboard focus.
I was able to create working hyperlinks in Word 2011 for the 2 links that have no accented characters or spaces: The other three pages have accented characters and spaces between words. Using spaces is a bad practice in a URL, but not something you can control. Word replaces a space with the%20 character, the acute i with%C3%AD and the acute o with%C3%B3. The browser is unable to parse the hyperlink and does not display the page. I can open the same document in Word 2016 for Mac and it doesn't have any problem with those same hyperlinks. As in the Windows versions, they work as expected.
So upgrading will solve this problem for you. Unless you are using Office 365, you can keep Word 2011 installed when you upgrade to 2016. Then you can access to both versions in case there is some vital feature missing in 2016. Brandwares - Advanced Office template services to the graphic design industry and select corporations. John Korchok, Production Manager [email protected].
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The fields available for use in forms are accessible through the of the ribbon. If you don't see the Developer tab (it isn't visible on your system), you need to instruct Word to display it. If you display the Developer tab and take a look at the Controls group, you'll notice that there are a bunch of controls available. None of these controls are form fields. Instead, you need to click the Legacy Tools icon, which displays a whole group of controls that originate with older versions of Word. The Legacy Forms group (visible after you click the Legacy Tools icon) includes three types of form fields you can insert in a document: text, check box, and pull-down.
Each of these form fields allows the user of the form to select or enter information of the type that you deem appropriate. As an example, let's say you are creating an order form and you need a field where a user can enter the name of the person making the order. Further, you want to allow only up to 25 characters to be entered in the field. To accomplish this, follow these steps:.
Position the insertion point where you want the field to appear. Display the Developer tab of the ribbon. In the Controls group click Legacy Tools and then click the Text Form Field tool. A field indicator appears in the document. Right-click the form field just entered and choose Properties from the resulting Context menu. The Text Form Field Options dialog box appears.
(See Figure 1.) Figure 1. The Text Form Field Options dialog box. Make sure the Type pull-down list is set to Regular Text. (This is the type of information you want to allow in the field.). Change the Maximum Length option to 25. Click on OK.
You can repeat these steps for all the fields in your form. The only difference would be the type of field entered (which should be appropriate to the type of information you want entered) and the options you set for each field. The trickiest option you can set is the Maximum Length option, which only appears when you are working with text fields. By default, this option is set to Unlimited, which means the user can enter any amount of information desired. If the information being entered exceeds the right margin of your document, the field height increases and the text entry continues on the next line. If you don't want this effect in your form, then the only way around it is to set some maximum length for the field. For instance, if you don't want your field to wrap to the next line, then you need to set a maximum length guaranteed to fit on a single line.
Calculating such a length can be difficult, particularly if you are using a proportional font. For this reason, some people like to set the font of their fields to a monospace font, such as Courier; it makes calculating field lengths easier.
One way around the potential 'overrun' problem is to create a table to contain your form fields. The advantage to this is that you can define the width and height of every cell in your table, which limits the vertical movement of text fields if they should be too long. The disadvantage is that some information is not readily displayed in tabular format, and if the entered text is too long, it is not all displayed on the screen or printout. (If the text overruns the size of a static table cell, the additional information is suppressed. As you set the options for your various fields, notice that you can also define macros that can be executed when the field is entered (first selected) and when it is exited.
These allow you to process the information provided in the field. When a form is being used, the information entered into a field is assigned to a bookmark name. This name is specified in the Options dialog box for each field. Through the use of other bookmark-related fields, you can thus reference field contents elsewhere in your document.
I am trying to develop a form where I have fixed-length fields(name, occupation) that I have set character counts and all is well. I have 3 fields that I want to have input wrap/roll from first line to second line to third line and possibly beyond. When using Text Form Field Options, I can set the length which is what I want and that is good. The users are used to seeing a set number of lines that they can type into through the end of the field. In my form, the starting point is shaded and I can not figure out how to put the lines in.
I can set up fine with the Text Box(ActiveX Controls) but then the input does not wrap into a second or third line. Advice, please - thank you! Hello Allen, Thanks for all the Microsoft tips, your content is a big help! I am using a piece of software that allows me to upload.pdf and.docx files, the software shows all fillable form fields in the uploaded document in a drop down menu for each document. I have noticed issues with the fillable form fields in tables, the software does not show any of the form fields within the table but shows all others within that document. Any reason why this is happening?
I understand this may be an issue with the software I am using but wondering if it has anything to do with a setting within MSFT Word. Any input would be appreciated. Hi Allen, Is there a way to have the contents of a dropdown list display on another document? For instance, I have three employees: Joe, Susie, and Mark.
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When working in a word Client Project file, I want to be able to assign a specific task to one of those three employees. When I select 'Susie,' for instance, I want the name 'Susie' to appear on a master list that also indicates which Client Project File that I assigned a task for Susie to work on. An alternative solution would be that every time I select 'Susie,' she would receive an automatic email indicating that I assigned her a task on that particular file. Thank you, Jeremy. Using Word 2010, I have been trying to identify a paragraph of Default Text using the Legacy Tools Text Form Field Options.
In past versions of Word, I have done this using the Maximum Length 'Unlimited'. This would put the text in the template with a grey box that a user could then F11 through the document and delete the entire paragraph with one click of the delete key.
This is not the case after upgrading to Word 2010. It will only allow the first 30 words or so, when unlimited should allow my 500 words right? If there is an answer to this, you would be the first to help. Even my help desk personnel and forms expert don't know.
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