Doug
Wed Jul 20 17:18:42 CDT 2005
I don't know, but my idea of suggesting the use of the information in that
article was that the macro could be modified so that it then checked the
name of the field to which the focus was moved and if it was not the desired
field, the appropriate response could be provided to the user.
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Hope this helps.
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1B74755B-AC5B-4BB3-B269-892FF3289B3F@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Doug, but I really don't understand what the article means. Is
> there
> a way to include key combinations in coding, like shift + tab?
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> Jamie
>
>
> "Doug Robbins" wrote:
>
>> You may be able to do something with the information in the article "How
>> to
>> find the name of the current formfield" at:
>>
>>
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/GetCurFmFldName.htm
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
>> services on a paid consulting basis.
>>
>> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>> "Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:486BD75F-19EB-4219-BED4-A41FAFCEC2AA@microsoft.com...
>> >I am working in Word 2002. I have a form with many input fields. I
>> >have a
>> > tab order macro in the document to guide through the form. Because of
>> > the
>> > tab macro the user cannot tab to a previous field (shift + tab), doing
>> > so
>> > tabs them out of the current field and into the next field. I would
>> > like
>> > to
>> > have an error message come up when the user uses the shift + tab key
>> > combination, stating they can not tab backwards, so the user is left at
>> > the
>> > same field they were in when they pressed shift + tab.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> > --
>> > Jamie
>>
>>
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