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- Convert Word graphics to AutoShapes to type text directly on your images
- Great TipWow, what a terrific tip. I have been adding text boxes all my life, grouping, being cognizant of the order, no more. Thanks!Stetches the imageThis is a great tip -- thank you!! How would you set the picture in the AutoShape box while preserving the picture's proportions?Do the same...
- Tags: dcecka, text box, graphics
- Discussion threads 2007-11-14
- VBA Vs. Word - - Round 1
- I need to find a text box within a word document that begins with a certain word. Once I find the text box with that word in it, I need to search only that text box for some other information.Example:#########some text box ######################### "First word in the box" ...
- Tags: Scripting languages, camerondruyor@..., Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Word, text box
- Discussion threads 2007-11-02
- 10 ways to format Excel data so that people can actually understand it
- Tell the truth, now. When you see a new worksheet arrive in your Inbox, your pulse doesn't exactly quicken, does it? I'm guessing that you don't lean forward in your chair, eager to open the file and see what exciting new numbers the worksheet is likely to present. ...
- Tags: Page, Microsoft Office, Data, Information, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel 2007, Cell, Text Box, Katherine Murray
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
- Add a help button to Excel 2002/2003 applications
- It's quick and easy to create help messages using Excel's 2003/2002's Data Validation feature, as long as your help message is 250 words or less. If you need to write a help message that exceeds this limit, such as a mini-manual with examples, you can create a text box that...
- Tags: tip, Microsoft Office, Excel
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- Set Excel text boxes to reflect data updates
- Have your Excel text box change with your data! Here's how to create dynamic text boxes in Excel, while giving yourself the freedom to format them to fit your style.Excel's text boxes do not have to be static; that is, you can have the text within the boxes change automatically...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Microsoft Office, text box, Microsoft Excel, worksheet, Monthly Sales, Sales Summary
- Technical articles 2007-06-26
- Control text flow in Word with linked text boxes
- RE: Control text flow in Word with linked text boxesHave used text boxes for years, but never linked them. Great tip!Linked text boxes?I have used Word for years and I had never even noticed the text box menu, let alone the link text box function.Many thanks for bringing it to...
- Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, phil@..., text box, Microsoft Word
- Discussion threads 2007-06-13
- Reduce repetitive formatting for Access objects
- This article is also available as a PDF download.Objects come with a set of built-in properties thatdetermine how they look and behave. As you create new forms, reports, andcontrols, you can adjust an object's default properties as required. But often,you'll find that objects require the same changes. For instance, you...
- Tags: Databases, Susan Harkins, Microsoft Access, default property, text box
- Technical articles 2007-05-07
- How do I set defaults for inserting text boxes and pictures?
- When inserting text boxes into word documents I want to set a default format (e.g. border, font) and also set formatting defaults for inserting pictures (wrapping style, size etc). The answer I received on Office Online Help was: 1. Right-click the text box that has the...
- Tags: lmiatke@..., text box
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
- Online Form or Worksheet
- Hello,I am looking for some assistance on the creation of a specific online form or worksheet. The Dirksen Center is expanding its site for kids -- Congress for Kids -- by adding a "citizenship" thread to its existing content. What we would like to do is offer an...
- Tags: ckoeppel@..., online form, text box, e-mail address, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2007-04-17
- How do you Type Letters into Text Boxes on Visual Basic 6.0
- Hello,I am putting together a program, and I was wondering if it was possible to put letters into text boxes, for them to eventually come out as a number after calculation purposes.for example, I want to find the formula weight of pure Oxygen (O2) Is there a way that...
- Tags: text box, FreddyS, Sulphur, programming, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
- Discussion threads 2007-02-16
- An Access delete query with a composite key.
- I ran into a little problem with a project of mine. I need to run a delete query, called up by a form, to delete records using a composite key. I can't find the syntax for this anywhere.The form has a text box for entry of the Last...
- Tags: composite key, access, vba, query, TheAndoman, software, text box, Microsoft Access
- Discussion threads 2006-08-15
- Printing text from individual text boxes
- Hi allI am trying to print text from individual text boxes on a form. The form has 18 individual text boxes on it, each text box displays a letter and number.I would like to be able to print the text from the first 5 text boxes when there is text...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, text box, markjenkins74@..., programming, printing
- Q&A 2006-05-31
- Printing text from individual text boxes
- Hi allI am trying to print text from individual text boxes on a form using Visual Basic V6.0. The form has 18 individual text boxes on it, each text box displays a letter and number.I would like to be able to print the text from the first 5 text boxes...
- Tags: text box, markjenkins74@..., programming, printing
- Q&A 2006-05-31
- Generating random letters in vb 6.0
- Hi allSorry should have explained this in more detail, here's what I want to do.I have one form with 5 text boxes on it and need to generate random letters between A-F and random Numbers between 0-9 For Example: Text box 1 A0, Text 2 B7 Text 3 F9 Text...
- Tags: random letter, text box, markjenkins74@..., programming, Rnd, Text1
- Q&A 2006-05-26
- Use frames to insert a Table of Contents anywhere in your Word document
- Make your documents easier to navigate by placing a table of contents on every page. Mary Ann Richardson explains how to set up these special tables of contents in Word. Word can automatically build a table of contents that the reader can use to jump to any topic...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, text box, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Table, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2006-02-28
- Using Enter to navigate tab sequence
- I am creating a VB 6 front end to an Access 2000 database and want to simulate Access' capability of moving through the tab sequence of my controls by pressing Enter as well as Tab. I do this with the following code for each control (varies slightly for Option...
- Tags: Enter, KeyAscii, Marshwiggle, programming, text box, vbCrLf
- Q&A 2005-10-28
- Barcode scanner/reader
- Hi, I need help with the barcode scanner and reader. IM new to program barcode. Can any one help me with this. I have WCS 3900 scanner from wasp technologies. I try to use MS visual basic to program using this barcode scanner to scan the barcode...
- Tags: barcode, keyboard, programming, scanner, text box, tri@...
- Q&A 2005-09-06
- Display blocks of text in your Word documents
- You're in the final stretch of writing a massive document when you realize that a block of text, such as Company Confidential, needs to appear in the right margin of each page of your Word document. Learn how Word's Header and Text Box features make it easy to add this...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, text box, Header window, right margin, Footer, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Box, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2005-07-12
- Some Text Boxes do not Print in Word
- I am creating a document with several TextBoxes. The document is only 6 pages long, but has a few screen shots in some of the Text boxes.The document shows well in Print Preview. but does not print couple of text boxes. Replaced, recreated. still same problem in the same location...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word processors, Printers, doc
- Q&A 2005-06-08
- Acrobat 5.0 - Free Text Tool Transparent
- Please help!I am brand new, but did not see this subject and any help wouold be greatly appreciated.The free taxt tool in Acrobat 5.0 has decided to print transparent text - I can make it visible by changing the border color of the text box but just barely.I thought I...
- Tags: Acrobat 5.0, Adobe Acrobat, Free-Text Tool, lc@..., software, tool
- Q&A 2005-05-12
