Chapter 26

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND 26-2 LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review PREPARING FORMS Signature: Microsoft Word 2003

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND 26-3 LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Performance Objectives Create a form template Fill in a form document Print, edit, and customize a form Draw a table in a form template

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND 26-4 LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Form Concepts Creating your own forms eliminates the need for preprinted forms –requires less storage space A form is created as a template document that contains Fill-in fields –a table can be useful when creating a form Three steps to creating a form: –create a form document based on a template and build the structure of the form –insert form fields where information is to be entered at the keyboard –save the form as a protected document

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND 26-5 LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Creating the Form Template File, New click

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND 26-6 LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Creating the Form Template…/2 type text insert form fields using Forms toolbar protect the form

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND 26-7 LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Forms Toolbar Text Form Field Check Box Form Field Drop-Down Form Field Form Field Options Draw Table Insert Table Insert Frame Form Field Shading Reset Form Fields Protect Form

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND 26-8 LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Saving the Template By default, template documents are saved in a Templates subfolder within Microsoft Office. Tools, Options click

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND 26-9 LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Filling in a Form Document When you open a form template document that has been protected, the insertion point is automatically inserted in the first form field. type text Tab to move to next form field Shift + Tab to move to previous form field click in the check box or move insertion point and press the spacebar

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Printing a Form The filled-in form can be printed in the normal manner. You can also print just the data or print the form and not the fill-in data. Tools, Options To print only the form without the data, open the form document and print. click to insert a check mark

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Editing a Form Template unprotect the document make necessary changes protect the document

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Form Fields with Drop-Down Lists click Drop-Down Form Field button to insert field click Form Field Options button add list items

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Form Fields with Drop-Down Lists…/2 when filling in, click arrow and click desired choice protect the document

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Changing Text Form Field Options position insertion point click Form Field Options select type type default text select maximum length choose text format

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Changing Check Box Form Field Options select size select default value position insertion point click Form Field Options

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Creating Tables in a Form Template A table can be very useful when creating a form with form fields.

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review How do you display the Templates dialog box? File, New

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review How do you display the Text Form Field Options dialog box? position insertion point click Form Field Options

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review How do you display the Check Box Form Field Options dialog box? position insertion point click Form Field Options

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review How do you display the Drop-Down Form Field Options dialog box? click Form Field Options button position insertion point

Copyright 2003, Paradigm Publishing Inc. CHAPTER 26 BACKNEXTEND LINKS TO OBJECTIVES Create a Form Template Create a Form Template Fill In a Form Document Fill In a Form Document Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Print, Edit, and Customize a Form Draw a Table in a Form Template Draw a Table in a Form Template Commands Review Coming Next WORKING WITH SHARED DOCUMENTS