aligning text in activex textbox with neighbouring text

[amarch]

Hi. I am designing a bunch or word forms and have not been able to resolve the issue which is shown in the attached file. Namely, I cannot align the text inside an activex textbox with the text outside and just beside it. I'll be grateful for any hints.

Alan

[Jay Freedman]

That lack of alignment really can't be fixed while using ActiveX controls. This is only one of a number of drawbacks of ActiveX in Word (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140269(office.10).aspx (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140269%28office.10%29.aspx)).

You can use either legacy form fields in a protected form (if your users include those with Word 2003 and earlier) or content controls (if all your users have at least Word 2007), and then alignment won't be an issue. For protected forms, read http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22. For content controls, see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Content_Controls.htm and the pages linked from it.