Forms, best way to set up multiple attributes

[bjsa06]

I am redesigning a school report card to make it more automated for teachers.

An example for 1 of the tables in the report will look something like this (......I added the arrows for this forum question obviously)

The arrows show the multiple/different uses that I require:
ORANGE: Fixed text that staff should not be able to edit
RED: Staff to edit this area/box with text about what the class as a whole has studied this term (same text for all 30 students)
PURPLE: drop-down list from 'developer' 'controls' box. Happy with that, it works well
GREEN: 'Individual' student comments to be entered by staff

So my general question is...What's the best way to set this up?



To be more specific
- How can I control a border in a table so that it is fixed and does not continue to move down the page? Eg, if an eager teacher continues to type in the comments box, the bottom border/frame will go onto the next page. All report must 'look'/formatted the same.
- What is the best way of fixing/plastering text to a page to make it uneditable? Template, developer-controls-text-enforced protection?

Appreciated

[bjsa06]

As a newie to this forum I wasn't sure how busy it was or if my question was in the right place....but to really simplify things my main concern is with the ability to ....

Originally Posted by bjsa06

To be more specific
- How can I control a border in a table so that it is fixed and does not continue to move down the page? Eg, if an eager teacher continues to type in the comments box, the bottom border/frame will go onto the next page. All report must 'look'/formatted the same.

[bjsa06]

problem solved, but for future reference:

[macropod]

Hi bisa06,

FWIW, this might hev been better posted in the Word 'Tables' forum - your document does not contain a userform.

And yes, the solution you found is the correct one.