I have designed a form that is a table with form fields.
Some of the form fields are formatted as regular text,
others as a date. They all work as expected, except for
one of the fields formatted as date with bold text. The
text is bold when entered, but changes to regular text
when I tab out of the field before completing the date.
The information is complete, but the formatting changes.
In other words, when I type "7/25" and press tab, the
field shows "7/25/2003" (as it should), but has lost the
bold formatting. This does not happen in any other
identically formatted date fields in the form. Also, if I
enter the full date, or if I change the Type setting of
the offending field to Regular text, I get to keep the
bold formatting. When I copy the misbehaving field to
someplace else on the form, no problems. When I copy a
properly behaving field to the problem location, the
formatting glitch returns. I am used to bugs, but the
seemingly arbitrary nature of this one is quite vexing.
Also, I have date fields in other forms that are supposed
to be regular text, but show up as bold and underlined.
Thanks in advance for any insight or inspiration.
Word Heretic - 01 Aug 2003 12:08 GMT
G'day "Bruce" <bamoob.removethis@yahoo.com>,
this behaviour doesn't surprise me as form field processing is totally
independant of the doc.
"Bruce" <bamoob.removethis@yahoo.com> was spinning this yarn:
>I have designed a form that is a table with form fields.
>Some of the form fields are formatted as regular text,
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>to be regular text, but show up as bold and underlined.
>Thanks in advance for any insight or inspiration.
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Cindy Meister -WordMVP- - 10 Aug 2003 16:42 GMT
Hi Bruce,
> They all work as expected, except for
> one of the fields formatted as date with bold text. The
> text is bold when entered, but changes to regular text
> when I tab out of the field before completing the date.
Sounds like a bit of "corruption", possibly with the
paragraph, since you say that putting any fields into this
location makes the problem recur.
It might help to put a \* CharFormat switch at the end of
that field code. (Alt+F9 to toggle on/off)
If you want to get to the source of the problem, I'd try
*cutting* the paragraph before the problem, the paragraph
itself, and the one following the problem.
Use Edit/Paste special to put them back in as "unformatted
text", then reapply the formatting and re-insert any
fields.
Cindy Meister

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