Forms Question

[Rick]

I am a Personnel Director for a church organization. At any one time I
am tracking a pool of about 250 "candidates" that are at any one of
five stages of being "appointed" to serve with our organization.

Because of the fact that these "candidates" are scattered all around
the world, email is the backbone of all the communication that goes
on. This is why I am seeking an Outlook-based solution for tracking
their progress towards "appointment".

Tracking involves my office regularly sending out evaluation forms as
well as other information update forms that are completed both by the
candidates and people who know them. Up until now all forms are just
Word docs which I send out as email attachments but which end users
print and complete by hand and then snail mail back to us. I would
like to create electronic forms that could be attached to email and
received back via email. My question is what form would work best
(Outlook, Word, or Access forms) in light of the fact that I am
looking not only for ways to send and receive electronically but also
then store and retrieve data easily on my end. My skills are obviously
limited (but I have created custom Outlool forms). I do not do VBA :-(

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rick

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

I think Word would do best for you, since users can complete the forms and send them back. They are less likely to all be using Outlook, and Access forms are not transmittable.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.slipstick.com/books/jumpstart.htm