Advanced Microsoft WORD (2003) Question?

Question

I am working with making a form in WORD 2003. The form consists of a table with 5 columns and multiple rows, and one of the cells contains two text boxes, one for a photo and one for text to accompany the photo. I know when you are at the bottom of the table, if you hit the tab button, additonal rows appear automatically. Is there any way to set the formatting for the table so those two text boxes appear in each additional row made automatically by hitting the tab key? I would like to make the form as user friendly as possible for people who are not too familiar with WORD. How can I make it so the two text boxes appear when they hit tab so they dont have to physically add the text boxes for each row (which they do not know how to do)?

Answer 1

May I suggest that putting the two text boxes into a single cell is not the best design choice. I don't believe Word has that kind of auto formatting ability. It might be better to set the two items as individual columns in the table.



I looked at the events available in VBA and none of them do the job. The best that is available is Application.OnDocumentChanged. Your code would have to somehow determine what exactly changed and then insert the two text boxes if necessary.

Answer 2

You make the un-numbered pages a distinct section, then put headers and/or footers on the section after it, this way: 1. At the top of the first page you want numbered, click the Insert->Break menu item. 2. Insert a Next Page type section break. 3. Move the cursor down a few lines so it's in the new section you just created. 4. Click on the View->Headers and Footers menu item. You should now see and be able to edit the section's header. 5. One of the icons on the Headers toolbar that pops up, probably the fifth from the right, will say "Same as Previous" when you hover the cursor over it. Click it to disconnect the header from the previous one. 6. The one to its right will say "Switch between Header and Footer" Click it. 7. You're now in the footer. Repeat step 5. 8. A third icon, probably the one to the right of the Switch one, will say "Move to Previous" Click it. You've now moved to the footer of the first section. 9. If there's a page number in the header or footer for this section, delete it. 10. Close the toolbar. 11. Go into the second section. 12. Click on the Insert->Page Numbers menu item. 13. Click on the Format button. 14. Since you want the page numbering to start at one, click Start At. A 1 should show up in the list box adjacent to it. 15. Click OK. 16. Click OK to actually insert the page number. Hope that helps.

Answer 3

I don’t have an answer for you but perhaps this web page can be of some help.



http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/index.htm



Check out the Macros/VBA tab too.

Good luck

Answer 4

get a real program like indesign! word sucks for tables!

Answer 5

go on a different microsoft like excel