Microsoft KB Archive/159896

= WD97: How to Control the Tabbing Order in a Form =

Article ID: 159896

Article Last Modified on 8/10/2007

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 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
By default, when you fill in an online form, Word positions the insertion point in the first form field and moves from one field to the next in a left-to-right, top-to-bottom order when you press TAB. To change the default tabbing order, use the procedure described in the "More Information" section of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
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You can use one of the following methods as a workaround.

Method 1: Create a single exit macro for all Form fields
Create a macro similar to the following example. For each form field, specify this macro as the exit macro for Form field in your document. In the Select Case statement, list each Form field for which you want to change the tabbing order.

Note: Each Case statement below should be in all lower case. Sub TabOrder Dim sTabTo As String Dim dlgForm As Dialog Set dlgForm = Dialogs(wdDialogFormFieldOptions) Select Case LCase(dlgForm.Name) Case "cc" sTabTo = "header" Case "header" sTabTo = "to" Case "to" sTabTo = "from" Case "from" sTabTo = "memo" Case "memo" sTabTo = "subject" Case "subject" sTabTo = "cc" Case Else End Select ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(sTabTo).Select End Sub

Method 2: Create a separate macro for each form field
Each macro contains a Selection.GoTo statement that moves the insertion point to the desired Form field.

TIP: To easily identify each macro, give the macro a name that describes its functionality. For example, use the name "GoToSubject" (without the quotation marks) for the Exit macro that moves the insertion point to the Subject Form field.

The following sample exit macro, named "GoToSubject," moves from the current Form field to the Subject Form field: Sub GoToSubject Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="Subject" End Sub For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

