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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Hans Hagen wrote:

> A quick tip (untested)
> 
> \setbox0=\hbox{#1}% label
> \dimen0=60mm
> \advance\dimen0 by -\wd0 
> \advende\dimen0 by <offsets> % try some 2ex  
> <set width of field to \dimen0> % if needed \edef\TheWidth{\the\dimen0}
> ... width=\TheWidth

Yes, that worked.  I should be able to incorporate this into my putfield
macro now.  Thanks!

- Matt

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