form page - tab order

[becky]

I created a form that users can submit to me by email.
The tab order isn't correct because I did not create the
form controls in any certain order. How can I edit the
tab order of the form controls on the page without
recreating the whole thing? I appreciate input. Thanks!

[David Bartosik - MS MVP]

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"becky" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I created a form that users can submit to me by email.
> The tab order isn't correct because I did not create the
> form controls in any certain order. How can I edit the
> tab order of the form controls on the page without
> recreating the whole thing? I appreciate input. Thanks!

[Barbara]

I have a form working and tabbing perfectly. I want to
add additional form controls at the bottom of the form,
but when added the tabulation starts jumping all around.
I know all form controls have to be entered in order, but
they are...and it's still not working properly. Help!

[David Bartosik - MS MVP]

The tab order goes in order the form controls where added on to the page
when the page is built. You might try a new blank page and copy the earlier
controls to it followed by the new controls and see if that works.

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"Barbara" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a form working and tabbing perfectly. I want to
> add additional form controls at the bottom of the form,
> but when added the tabulation starts jumping all around.
> I know all form controls have to be entered in order, but
> they are...and it's still not working properly. Help!

[Wes Mosier]

Using Publisher 2003, I had this problem too, then I
tried...sending the form controls to the "Front"
or "Back" using "ORDER". Right-click on a control.. then
select "Order" and send it to the front or back.

If you start with the control at the top of your page,
and "Bring it to the Front", then go to the next one,
bring that one to the front, by the time you reach the
last control at the bottom of the page, the last control
will be in front, and the first control at the top will
be in the back.

When you publish the page, you should be able to tab
through them from the top control, all the way to the
bottom one.

-Wes Mosier
[email]aesrock@yahoo.com[/email]
-AES Inc.

[David Bartosik - MS MVP]

The Order functionality is for layering page objects such as in designing a
graphic. If others try this on form controls I'd be interested in your
posting the results here as I'd be curious to know if this behavior is
consistent.

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"Wes Mosier" <aesrock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Using Publisher 2003, I had this problem too, then I
> tried...sending the form controls to the "Front"
> or "Back" using "ORDER". Right-click on a control.. then
> select "Order" and send it to the front or back.
>
> If you start with the control at the top of your page,
> and "Bring it to the Front", then go to the next one,
> bring that one to the front, by the time you reach the
> last control at the bottom of the page, the last control
> will be in front, and the first control at the top will
> be in the back.
>
> When you publish the page, you should be able to tab
> through them from the top control, all the way to the
> bottom one.
>
> -Wes Mosier
> [email]aesrock@yahoo.com[/email]
> -AES Inc.