Multi Line text box
Is there a way to allow users who are entering data into a text box to hit
the enter key to move down a line? It works fine until I protect the sheet, then the enter key moves the user to the next unlocked cell instead of creating a new line in the text box. |
Multi Line text box
Csmith,
Change the MultiLine property to True and the Enter key behavior properties to True. This presumes you're using a bona-fide text box from the controls Toolbox. To get to the Properties window, double-click the text box (in design mode). That will take you to the VBE. If you don't have the Properties window, do View - Properties window. -- Regards from Virginia Beach, Earl Kiosterud www.smokeylake.com Note: Top-posting has been the norm here. Some folks prefer bottom-posting. But if you bottom-post to a reply that's already top-posted, the thread gets messy. When in Rome... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "jmonesmith" wrote in message ... Is there a way to allow users who are entering data into a text box to hit the enter key to move down a line? It works fine until I protect the sheet, then the enter key moves the user to the next unlocked cell instead of creating a new line in the text box. |
Multi Line text box
I created the text box right in Excel (2007), not VBE. I'm not very familiar
with VBE, so I'm a little confused. Can I apply the multi-line property and Enter key behavior property to the text box that I created in Excel? If so, how? "Earl Kiosterud" wrote: Csmith, Change the MultiLine property to True and the Enter key behavior properties to True. This presumes you're using a bona-fide text box from the controls Toolbox. To get to the Properties window, double-click the text box (in design mode). That will take you to the VBE. If you don't have the Properties window, do View - Properties window. -- Regards from Virginia Beach, Earl Kiosterud www.smokeylake.com Note: Top-posting has been the norm here. Some folks prefer bottom-posting. But if you bottom-post to a reply that's already top-posted, the thread gets messy. When in Rome... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "jmonesmith" wrote in message ... Is there a way to allow users who are entering data into a text box to hit the enter key to move down a line? It works fine until I protect the sheet, then the enter key moves the user to the next unlocked cell instead of creating a new line in the text box. |
Multi Line text box
Read my first reply on how to get into the VBE (Visual Basic Environment -- it's Excel)
window and look at and change the properties. If this isn't a control from the Controls Toolbox, as I mentioned, then it doesn't apply. -- Regards from Virginia Beach, Earl Kiosterud www.smokeylake.com Note: Top-posting has been the norm here. Some folks prefer bottom-posting. But if you bottom-post to a reply that's already top-posted, the thread gets messy. When in Rome... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "jmonesmith" wrote in message ... I created the text box right in Excel (2007), not VBE. I'm not very familiar with VBE, so I'm a little confused. Can I apply the multi-line property and Enter key behavior property to the text box that I created in Excel? If so, how? "Earl Kiosterud" wrote: Csmith, Change the MultiLine property to True and the Enter key behavior properties to True. This presumes you're using a bona-fide text box from the controls Toolbox. To get to the Properties window, double-click the text box (in design mode). That will take you to the VBE. If you don't have the Properties window, do View - Properties window. -- Regards from Virginia Beach, Earl Kiosterud www.smokeylake.com Note: Top-posting has been the norm here. Some folks prefer bottom-posting. But if you bottom-post to a reply that's already top-posted, the thread gets messy. When in Rome... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "jmonesmith" wrote in message ... Is there a way to allow users who are entering data into a text box to hit the enter key to move down a line? It works fine until I protect the sheet, then the enter key moves the user to the next unlocked cell instead of creating a new line in the text box. |
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