converting a document into a form

[NLE]

How do you convert an exisitng document into a form? What I am looking to do
is make highlighted gray areas on the form that can be changed by each user
as needed and lock the rest of the remaining information. Please advise.
Thank you!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.