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Creating Electronic Forms Creating Electronic Forms in Word 2003in Word 2003
Creating Forms in Word Creating Forms in Word 20032003
What is an electronic form?What is an electronic form?
Creating Forms in Word Creating Forms in Word 20032003
What is an electronic form? What is an electronic form?
An electronic form is a Word An electronic form is a Word document, but with certain document, but with certain restrictions. Only certain parts of the restrictions. Only certain parts of the document (called form fields) can be document (called form fields) can be edited; the rest of the document is edited; the rest of the document is protected. protected.
Creating Forms in Word Creating Forms in Word 20032003
What is an electronic form used for?What is an electronic form used for?
Creating Forms in Word Creating Forms in Word 20032003
What is an electronic form used for?What is an electronic form used for?
A form can be used for any type of A form can be used for any type of document you have that is asking for document you have that is asking for standard information; for example, standard information; for example, an application to attend a conference an application to attend a conference would ask for such things as name, would ask for such things as name, address, age and so forth. address, age and so forth.
Creating Forms in Word Creating Forms in Word 20032003
How do I create an electronic form?How do I create an electronic form?
Creating Forms in Word Creating Forms in Word 20032003
How do I create an electronic form?How do I create an electronic form?
A form has certain special A form has certain special requirements; we will be using the requirements; we will be using the Forms toolbar and saving our Forms toolbar and saving our document as a template (.dot file) document as a template (.dot file) rather than as a standard Word rather than as a standard Word document.document.
Creating Forms in Word Creating Forms in Word 20032003
We will be looking only at how we place We will be looking only at how we place fields in a Word document to create a fields in a Word document to create a form, and how we protect the form so form, and how we protect the form so that only the parts we want to allow the that only the parts we want to allow the user to change can be changed. We will user to change can be changed. We will not be examining how to not be examining how to designdesign forms; forms; that is an involved process that could that is an involved process that could take a full Cooperative Conversation by take a full Cooperative Conversation by itself.itself.
Creating Forms in Word Creating Forms in Word 20032003
Steps to creating a form:Steps to creating a form:
1.1. Open Forms toolbarOpen Forms toolbar
2.2. Place form fields in documentPlace form fields in document
3.3. Protect documentProtect document
4.4. Save document as a templateSave document as a template
5.5. Use the template to create final Use the template to create final document.document.
