1. Microsoft Word: Form Layout
Cooperative Conversations
October 20, 2006

2. Form Layout Tools Reveal Formatting ¶ Tab Stops – setting custom tabs
Tables
Toolbar Highlights
Document Protection

3. Reveal Formatting Format menu – Reveal Formatting
Also ¶ on the Standard toolbar
Why?
Learning what the symbols mean
Spaces ·
Tabs →
Paragraph marks ¶
Line break non-paragraph

4. Tab Stops You know about the ruler Have you used alignment tabs?
Have you used leader tabs?
Tabs affect only areas selected during creation or new lines
Can select different regions to insert corresponding tab stops

5. Tables Ability to alter sizing of individual cells, rows, columns
Ability to merge cells and split cells
Using tabs within tables (Ctrl + Tab)
Border toolbar button

6. Toolbar Highlights Line Spacing button on toolbar
Drawing Toolbar, usually at the bottom of your screen
Picture Toolbar
Turns itself on and off
Text alignment (dog button)
View/Toolbars/Forms
Insert Field, Check Box, Drop Down

7. Document Protection Can be used without a password
Toolbar button
Can be used with a password
Tools/Protection
Editing Restrictions – filling in forms
Prompts for password
Must be used when using form fields