word help please

[hawkwind]

hello new here and have a question

Hello need some help with word
have made a template with a list down the left hand side underlined all along as follows
cant do it here but you know what i mean
now i want to add info to the line after each word but when i do so the bottom of the page which has a small diagram goes to another page
why is this as i am not adding any new lines only adding text to the existing lines
test----------------------------------------------------------------
test1--------------------------------------------------------------


test2---------------------------------------------------------------

ps saved it as template but no difference

[fumei]

Perhaps do with OverType rather than inserting new text. New text is added to the existing text and automatically pushes later text forward.

[hawkwind]

Originally Posted by fumei

Perhaps do with OverType rather than inserting new text. New text is added to the existing text and automatically pushes later text forward.

But nothing is getting pushed forward i am writing on the lines
Thats why i wanted a template so i could fill in the info every day

[fumei]

Huh. You state:

now i want to add info to the line after each word but when i do so the bottom of the page which has a small diagram goes to another page

The fact that it goes to another page means it is being pushed forward.

If I understand it, you have things underlined after the text, and then you want to put text after the word. Well then that underlined IS text, so if you want to put text after the word you must REPLACE (using OverType) that text. If you just put text in after the word then that underlined text is...pushed forward.

[hawkwind]

I want it to be like filling out a form
Ie a have the word at the left underlined and have extended the line along the page
Now i want to add text to that line
I am not pushing anything down i want the text to go on the line

[hawkwind]

Ok got you how do i overtype

[Charles Kenyon]

You can select the area you want to type in (with the mouse) and start typing.

You may want an actual protected form using legacy form fields where you can only type in certain areas. You put the fields in a table with the cells set for fixed size. The bottom border of your table cell provides your underlining.

See the Dian Chapman articles linked here:
Making Forms with Microsoft Word

[hawkwind]

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

You can select the area you want to type in (with the mouse) and start typing.

You may want an actual protected form using legacy form fields where you can only type in certain areas. You put the fields in a table with the cells set for fixed size. The bottom border of your table cell provides your underlining.

See the Dian Chapman articles linked here:
Making Forms with Microsoft Word

Figured it out glad i did before reading all that (way to complicated for me lol)
the text was adding fine but it pushed the graph at the bottom to a new page and as someone said before it was pushing the empty line onto a new line
so just added the text and deleted the line to the length of text i needed
thanks to all who replied and sorry i could not explain better

[fumei]

so just added the text and deleted the line to the length of text i needed

Or...add the text using OverType. NO deletion would be required.

But whatever works for you.

[fumei]

as someone said before it was pushing the empty line onto a new line

I do not know who that "someone" may be, but it certainly is not myself. I would not say that, because it is likely NOT an empty line.

Oh and OverTpe is a toggle back and forth with the Insert key.

[eNGiNe]

Looking up an answer for an earlier post, I found that Word 2010 now does its best to protect users from accidentally using Overtype … you'll need to enable it, as explained in the F1 help.

Use overtype mode


To change the overtype settings so that you can access overtype mode by pressing INSERT, do the following:

1. Press ALT+F, T to open Word Options.
2. Press A to select ADVANCED, and then press TAB.
3. Press ALT+O to move to the Use the Insert key to control overtype mode check box.
4. Press SPACEBAR to select the check box, and then press ENTER.

To turn Overtype mode on or off, press INSERT.