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Word-Forms and underlined answer fields

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by sakil 1 view

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We would like to create a document that people can fill out electronically. There are underlined areas that a person would type an answer. When a person types a word on the underline area the line gets "bumped" to the right.

Is there a way in Word that the underline can be a background image and when a word is typed it is typed "on top of the line"?

Thank you.

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by mbazzell

There are a couple of ways to accomplish this. If you have used the forms toolbar to create the form and they are typing in a field, just unlock the form and highlight the field and click the underline button. Now every time someone types in that field their answer is underlined.

Second, if it's not set up as a form then you can draw a line using the line button on the draw toolbar. To creat a straight line, hold the shift key down while you are drawing the line. Then if you need a bunchof the same length, copy and paste so you don't have to keep drawing them. You can move the line where ever you want to. I would recommend moving the line right under your cursor where you expect the user to type. Hope this helps!!

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