Comments on: Make A Fillable Form In Word 2010 & Collect Data The Easy Way

By: Saikat Basu

Saikat Basu — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:38:00 +0000

I am not sure of the answer myself. Maybe, you can post it in our Answers section and ask for the solution from the wider community.

By: JayBird70

JayBird70 — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:37:00 +0000

When you create a text box go to home and underline it……I hope this help. It worked for me

By: CindyHaight

CindyHaight — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:53:00 +0000

I need to add a function where the user can tab from field to field when completing a form. Where is this function?

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:34:00 +0000

Thanks a million for taking the time to compose, type and present this great info, you taught me something it would have taken hours to learn on my own. I do appreciate your time and hard work involved in creating this helpful posting. It is definitely helping people and changing the world for the common good.

Chris

By: Saikat Basu

Saikat Basu — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:43:00 +0000

It won’t work with the 2007 version. You have to save it as a dotx file and not as doc. Some of the advanced controls are meant for Word 2010.

By: Niels Grundtvig Nielsen

Niels Grundtvig Nielsen — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:45:00 +0000

When I try this – just adding checkboxes – the [Yes, Start Enforcing Protection] button remains disabled. All I’ve managed to find is vague suggestions about DRM, which seems a bit like overkill. Any tips will be welcome!

By: Saikat Basu

Saikat Basu — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:49:00 +0000

I guess it will only work as a 2010 document. You cannot use it if you create it in the upgraded version and open it up again in the 2007 version.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:18:00 +0000

Hi,
Great tutorial. However, when I protect it and save it as a .dotx and then send it to myself, none of the controls (check boxes or text boxes) are accessible. I created it in Word 2010. I emailed it to a Word 2007 pc and nothing is working at all. Any help/advice would be appreciated

By: Saikat Basu

Saikat Basu — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:29:00 +0000

There is a maxlength property. I suppose you can use that. You can also set properties like multi-line, word wrap, and auto-size.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:43:00 +0000

I don’t know if it works in 10 – but I had good luck in 2003 with clicking in the “box” and picking underline. It will then underline what you type in the box. I didn’t test…

By: Shamelin

Shamelin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:01:00 +0000

Is there an easy way to know how many characters will fit into a text box? I often need to use several different size boxes and find it difficult to ensure that the text will not “roll” out of the readable area of the box.

By: Saikat Basu

Saikat Basu — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:22:00 +0000

I am not sure I understand your question. You can use a Rich Text Content control or a Plain Text Control. Using an ActiveX control allows you to set dimensions.

By: hoangmi

hoangmi — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:56:00 +0000

Thank you for this wonderful tutorial. I’ve filled this website URL in my ‘useful websites’ folder.
I have one question: Can we make a bigger box than the tick box for yes/no question that respondents can fill digits?

By: Saikat Basu

Saikat Basu — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:09:00 +0000

I am not sure of this myself. You can use Active X Controls (Text Box) and work with the values given in the Categorized tab of the Active X control's Properties box. But I didn't get the desired result in my trial. You can put this question to the wiser community in our Answers section.

By: Griego

Griego — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:08:00 +0000

How can I add a line below the active area so it appears that the user is typing on a line?