Overtyping a line in a Word form

[austenr]

How do you get a line in Word to stay put without moving to the right as you type on it? Trying to make a template.

[MOS MASTER]

What kind of line? (How did you make it)

Is it a shape? if so double click on it:
Go to Layout | Advanced | Uncheck Move with text and Check Lock anchor..

[mdmackillop]

Hi Austen,
There are a few suggestions here.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm

[TonyJollans]

If you just want to switch overtyping on, press the Insert key - it acts a sa toggle switching overtype/insert modes.

[sheeeng]

If you just want to switch overtyping on, press the Insert key - it acts a sa toggle switching overtype/insert modes.

That's a good reminder....

[MOS MASTER]

If you just want to switch overtyping on, press the Insert key - it acts a sa toggle switching overtype/insert modes.

Hi Tony,

That's strange...Jake posted the same Insert tip yesterday before me at this post...but now the post is gone... (Did you remove it Jake?)

Great tip..but I really don't know yet wat type of line Austen means...

[mdmackillop]

Question title changed.

[MOS MASTER]

Question title changed.

I still wonder what kind of line Austen means?

Austen?

[Anne Troy]

Maybe Austen should be learning how to create fill-in forms.
http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm

[MOS MASTER]

Austen could you pleace clarify what line you mean?

Malcom added the form part to the title but I don't think you're asking about forms...

[austenr]

What I want to do is be able to type on a part of a document that someone has formatted it as Underline. When you try to type it shoves the line right as you type. Is there a way around that? I have not been able to find it if there is.

[MOS MASTER]

What I want to do is be able to type on a part of a document that someone has formatted it as Underline. When you try to type it shoves the line right as you type. Is there a way around that? I have not been able to find it if there is.

Humm don't get you...are you talking about a tableader (UnderLine) perhaps..

Could you post a small example in which we can duplicate this behaviour?

[austenr]

Try typing on the line in the attachment

[MOS MASTER]

I see thanx for explaining.

Is this what you mean by overtyping:

[austenr]

Not exactly. The line should remain stationary as you type so what you type is underlined. Some of my co-workers get documents that it is necessary to type over the underline.

[MOS MASTER]

Ok so if I read you correct:

* A underline must be present to the whole length of the line the whole time.

So you start typing on a line and the line will stay there so the word get's underlined but the rest of the line stays put?

[austenr]

Correct

[MOS MASTER]

Correct

Ok what about this one!

[austenr]

Exactly. How did you do that?

[MOS MASTER]

Exactly. How did you do that?

• Open a new document
• Well you need a style that's underlined or just press underline on the toolbar.
• Click on the ruler a tab character will appear (Left tab is default) Now pick it up with your mouse and slide it to the right margin (Make sure you can still see it)
• The insertion point is still at the begining of the document so just press tab to fill the line with the underline.
• Press enter + tab as much as you like to create more underlined lines.

Now just set your cursor somewhere an begin typing.

Enjoy!