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I have a word form that I want to post online. I want people to be able to fill in the txt form fields without creating a new line when they hit enter. Even when I set number limits on the form field this still doesn't take care of the problem. I don't want people to be able to create a new line when they hit enter.

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Joanne M. Orzech

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ksilvoso

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How does this work? I can only type in the box by right clicking on it and selecting edit. Plus it won't wrap the text.

dlc110161

If you use the ActiveX controls, then you can code trap the keypress and stop the enter key.

Dawn Bleuel
Word MVP

Private Sub TextBox1_KeyDown(ByVal KeyCode As MSForms.ReturnInteger, ByVal Shift As Integer)
  If KeyCode = 13 Then
    MsgBox "Sorry, you are not allowed to hit the enter " & vbCr & _
      "key while in this field. Type the details and use the " & vbCr & _
      "TAB key to move to the next field."
  End If
  
End Sub

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Joanne M. Orzech

You can also right-click on the control and go to Properties, just change the Multi-Line option to True... it will wrap.

dlc110161

I just caught part of your question that I missed earlier. To type in the field, protect the document. With your document protected you should be able to tab from field to field.

Dawn Bleuel
Word MVP