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I wouldn't have known this, but I recently took a series of excellent
classes in Word from ExecuTrain. If they have a location near you, I
highly recommend the classes. Caveat: we use Word 7; this answer may not
be accurate for other versions.
In the Text Form Field Options dialog box (access by dobule-clicking on
the form field) there is a Maximum Length list box. You can specify the
maximum number of characters that users can enter. HTH.
Jo
&:-)
Ed wrote:
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I cannot find a way to protect a form field from growing
vertically and blowing our carefully crafted form to smithereens.
