WD: Line Added to Form Field When You Press ENTER

ID: Q134926

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you press the ENTER key in a text form field that has been set to a maximum length, you get line feeds within the form field. For example, if you set the maximum length of a text form field to 10, you can press ENTER 11 or more times.

CAUSE

The ENTER key functionality is different from Word 6.0, where pressing the ENTER key moved your insertion point from one form field to the next. The functionality has been changed to allow you to enter multiple lines within a text form field.

STATUS

This functionality was changed by design at the request of Word users.

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubcategory: s Additional query words: 7.0 word95 winword form field text maximum word7 length set enter key adds add lines paragraph returns 7.0a word97

Keywords          : kbform 
Version           : 7.0 7.0a 97
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: March 27, 1998