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Help with allowing TAB over to a fillable text section in WORD

Anonymous
2023-10-03T16:29:00+00:00

I am trying to make a word document where I click the cursor to enter a value inbetween a word text but I want to then be able to TAB the cursor over to the next word text space so that I may enter another value and then repeat the process rather than having to move the mouse on each occasion to place the cursor where I want it. I tried some of the developer options and managed to make a text box space using the Developer Aa button. The only issue then is, after I have entered the value, when I press TAB to jump over to the next fillable space, it does not do this. All that happens is the developer space I created just gets longer and longer and moves everything to the right. It never jumps to the next fillable section. Any ideas? thanks

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-10-04T01:05:07+00:00

    This is the one you want:

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-04T10:31:58+00:00

    Hi All

    Many thanks for the advice, it certainly worked thank you and I can now tab from one of these fillable boxes to the next so thank you.

    Just another query if I may with it?

    When I fill the fillable box, as it could contain a few more digits than some o fteh other fillable boxes, what it then does is to move all the text I have alongside (on the RHS of the fillable box), this makes all teh text look not lined up and a bit messy.

    I am wondering how I can stop the text from moving but to stay where i have put it.

    I will try and do an example below, I will use XXXX to signify where theh words are

    So a line could show:

    XX "content box here" XXX "content box here" XXX "content box here" XXX "content box here"

    XXXXX "content box here" XXX "content box here" XXXX "content box here" XXXXXX "content box here"

    So I am trying to allow the content box to have enough space to accommodate whatever number of digits I need and because this number could be 4 digits upto 8 digits, as the content box gets a touch bigger, it then moves the XXX text words to the right, like example above which looks messy on a full page.

    I would leave enough space within each content box .

    Any ideas on what I could try?

    thank you very much once again

    regards

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-04T08:03:34+00:00

    thank you

    I plan to have a try very soon!

    cheers

    paul

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-03T23:16:12+00:00

    Hi Charles

    Thanks for your help and advice.

    Do you mean I should not use the Aa but use the Cc instead?

    I will give it a try tomorrow

    Thank you

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  5. Charles Kenyon 167.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-10-03T16:35:04+00:00

    If you use the first Aa and insert a Rich Text Content Control, the tab is captured, essentially as a character, in the Content Control. Use a Plain Text CC instead (the second Aa).

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