creating and using forms on MS Word 2002

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I just started working with the forms tool bar to create fillable forms. According to the text book I am using, if I "protect" the form, someone can then fill it out on a web page without moving elements of the form around as one types on the form. Or the form can be printed out and filled in by pen. What I find is that, if I want to create a form and then fill it out on the computer, I cannot figure out how to "protect" the form. In other words, if I create a form, hit the lock icon on the tool bar, and then start filling out the form, elements on the form move around. Is there a way to prevent this, or is the Word Forms program not made to use in the fashion I describe. I know OmniForm 5.0 provides forms that one can fill out after one creates it. Harry T
 
What you want to use are tables when you fill out forms. This way you can
place a bottom border of a cell and the cell locks the data in (as long as
it isn't longer then the cell). Check out the following link for more info:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm

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Harry T said:
I just started working with the forms tool bar to create fillable forms.
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According to the text book I am using, if I "protect" the form, someone can
then fill it out on a web page without moving elements of the form around as
one types on the form. Or the form can be printed out and filled in by pen.
What I find is that, if I want to create a form and then fill it out on the
computer, I cannot figure out how to "protect" the form. In other words, if
I create a form, hit the lock icon on the tool bar, and then start filling
out the form, elements on the form move around. Is there a way to prevent
this, or is the Word Forms program not made to use in the fashion I
describe. I know OmniForm 5.0 provides forms that one can fill out after
one creates it. Harry T
 
What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You'll be an expert in no time!

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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Harry T said:
I just started working with the forms tool bar to create fillable forms.
Click to expand...
According to the text book I am using, if I "protect" the form, someone can
then fill it out on a web page without moving elements of the form around as
one types on the form. Or the form can be printed out and filled in by pen.
What I find is that, if I want to create a form and then fill it out on the
computer, I cannot figure out how to "protect" the form. In other words, if
I create a form, hit the lock icon on the tool bar, and then start filling
out the form, elements on the form move around. Is there a way to prevent
this, or is the Word Forms program not made to use in the fashion I
describe. I know OmniForm 5.0 provides forms that one can fill out after
one creates it. Harry T
 
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