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Regarding creation of forms, have checked every question and answer and it
seems if you want to have a form with ie: Name:_________Date:________, etc.
that you can keep in your competer and use over and over, fill in the blanks,
maybe one part of the form has the above 2 columns and then following, you
may have 3 columns:
Manufacturer:________Model:_______Serial#:__________blah, blah...the answers,
for example from Charles Kenyon constantly refers to either addbalance, or
Dian Chapman....from the list of questions, and certainly from me, I have
tried everything...nothing is adequate....could someone please do a
step-by-step example of how these forms can be done, I am now crazed, would
even be glad to hire someone to teach me in the San Diego Area......
 
Anne, thank you for responding, will carefully read your "officearticles"
site, I didn't quite understand how to email you?? What 2nd website? Could
you please clarify, I seem to be descinding into a "senior moment"...ha
 
Have you actually read the articles by Dian? Have you looked up "online
form" in help?
Have you looked at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm which shows how
to do the lines using table cells (among other methods for doing lines)? It
suggests using multiple small tables.
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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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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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Mr. Kenyon: I have read and printed out every article I can find, I have
posted Q&A on Smart Computing, have sat at the computer for hours and tried
each and every parameter... I didn't mean to be disrespectful to your
repeated forwarding of these things to previous questions, it's just that on
my specific form, no matter how hard I have worked and studied, can't get it
to work....your answer talking about multiple small tables is way beyond my
understanding... Got into computers 2 years ago, basically self-taught,
have a small business and have, with Word, designed invoices, letterheads,
logos, watermarks, have learned enough about Windows XP to not only take
care of both my computers, but help others as well, that is why I am so upset
about not being able to do what I want with this particular form I am not
afraid of working, studying, trying....just can't seem to "get" this ONE
document done;
have even checked Google to find an instructor in San Diego to help me with
this specific situation...I hate that I can't do this on my own, now I'm
irritated and will never stop trying but think I am missing something,
problably need to "see" it done then the "lightbulb" will go off??? Thank
you so much for your reply, if you have any other suggestions, or would like
to see the form, please post......
 
Tables are the simple way.

To figure out the principle, you might want to create a one-row table for
each line in your form--each question and answer should have it's own
column. E.g., thisWould require a six column by 1 row table.

So, use Table>Insert>Table to create a table with 6 columns and 1 row.

Select the whole table, go to Format | Borders and Shading. Set to None.
This leaves you will just gray gridlines showing the table. If you don't see
gray lines, go to Table> Show Gridlines.

Select the cell that you want to have a blank line to fill in. Go back to
Format | Borders and Shading. Click on the diagram at the right to tell
Word that the only border you want that cell to have is a bottom line. You
will notice that the Apply To menu under the diagram is set to Cell. This
dialog looks very complicated--click a few things to experiment and see how
it works, it is not as difficult as it looks.

Repeat that bottom border formatting for the other cells that are left blank
for the answers.

You should have one line of your form. Repeat the general process for the
rest of the form.

Once you've got the basic principles down, you will be able to edit the
exact formatting of the table if you don't like the default settings, and
probably get a little more efficient than one table per line.
 
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply, will try your instructions
and post my efforts and results.....
 
You can find more on tables at http://addbalance.com/usersguide/tables.htm.
Hope this is of assistance. You would put at least one carriage return
between tables and could then have one table with two columns and another
with three. Doing it this way also makes it easier to move things around.
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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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