You've designed a form that has lines that look like this:
Name:
Address:
City, State Zip:
When you type on the lines, however, you get this:
Name: John Jones
Address: 111 W. Main Street
City, State Zip: San Jose, CA 95121
Or you get this:
Name: John Jones
Address: 111 W. Main Street
City, State Zip: San Jose, CA 95121
Additional
problems arise when you have to change the margins of your form!
Here's the better way to draw a line that you can type on:
In Word Perfect:
After you type the word on the left that you want, turn on underlining, type
a couple of spaces (they will be underlined) and then put in a Hard Flush Right.
Depending on the level of Word Perfect you have, this might be as simple as
Alt+F7. If that does not give you a Hard Flush Right, look under Format - Line
- Flush Right. That will draw the rest of the line to the margin, You can then
type on the line without moving the line over or seeing the text without underlining.
In MS Word:
First, click Tools - Options - Compatibility. Slide down that list in the box
and check "Draw underline on trailing spaces." Back in your document,
type the word on the left that you want, turn on underlining, and type a couple
of spaces (they will be underlined). Up on the Ruler (Click View - Ruler if
the Ruler is not showing), create a tab at the right margin. Now when you press
the Tab key, the rest of the line will appear. You can type on the line without
moving the line over or seeing the text without underlining.
Tips and Tricks by Loui
Tucker
Supporting Word Perfect, Word, Timeslips, Abacus, TimeMatters
and many other software packages used in today's law offices.
www.louitucker.com