Form

Overview

Forexample,thereisanorganizationthatwantstocollectpersonalinformationofemployees,suchasname,address,contactnumber,etc.Youcandesignaform.

Name,“sex”,“address”,etc.areenteredbytheformdesigner,andtheformfill-incannotbechanged.Theshadingareaistheformfieldinsertedbytheformdesigner.Thepersonwhofillsintheformentershisowninformation,buttheinputlocation,format,etc.havebeenrestrictedbytheformdesigner.Aftertheformisdesigned,theformfieldislocked,andthepersonwhofillsintheformcanentertheinformation.

Ifyouwanttocreateaform,youshouldfirstdesigntheformlayout,oruseanexistingformasaguidefordesigninganewform,andthendecidewhetheryouneedaformthatcanbefilledoutonlineoronpaper.AdvantagesofonlineformsItcanautomaticallyverifythecontententeredbytheuser,updateotherfieldsbasedonthecontententeredintherelevantfields,andprovidehelpinformation,makingtheformeasytofillin.Manyformsareonlycomposedoftext,withformfieldsinsertedinthedocument,Sothatuserscanprovidespecificinformation.Othergrid-basedformscanincorporatefunctionsinthegrid,suchasaligningtextwithatable,markingthetextareatobefilledinwithaborder,andsettingshadingtoemphasizethetitleandotherspecificElementsmaketheformmoreattractiveandeasiertouse.

UserscanuseWordtocreatethefollowingtypesofforms:

Formsfilledinwrittenformafterprinting.Userscanusethe[Form]toolbartoinsertformfields.Theformfieldshavetextboxesforuserstoenterinformation,checkboxesthatlistoptionsas"Yes"and"No",anddrop-downlistsforusersListbox.

Onlineformsthatcanbedistributedandcollectedbye-mailorothertypesofnetworkmethods.Youcanusethe"Forms"toolbartoinsertformfields.Youcanadd"Help"informationtohelpusers.

Amorepowerfulandcustomizableonlineform.Itcanprovideinputdata,selectoptions,andrecordfeedback,anditcanalsobedistributedandcollectedbye-mailorothernetworkmethods.Whenuserscancreatecustomapplications(suchasformsordialogboxes)withActiveXcontrolsthroughthe[ControlToolbox]toolbar,theycanalsousetheVisualBasicprogramminglanguageinWord.

Create

Theprintformhasblankareasforcollectingandorganizinginformation,anditisfilledinwrittenformafterprinting.Youcanusethe[Form]toolbartoinsertformfieldstorealizetheseblankareas,andlimitthepositionfortheformfill-in,Format,etc.TheusercanuseWordtocreateaprintformasfollows:

(1)Createanewdocument.

(2)Designtheformlayout.YoucanusetheexistingThereisaformasabasis,andaformcanalsobeusedtodesigntheformtomaketheformmoreregular.

(3)Addtherequiredtextorgraphicsandlisttheavailableoptions.

(4)Ifyouwanttoinsertatextboxfortheuser'sresponse,clickthe[TextFormField]buttononthe[Form]toolbar.Ifyouwanttoinsertalistofoptions(suchas"Yes"and"No")Checkbox,clickthedocument,andthenclickthe[checkboxtypeformfield]buttononthe[Form]toolbar.

Insert

Formfieldscanbeusedtocollectinformation.Userscanusethe[Form]toolbartoinsertformfieldsinthedocument.Ifyouwanttoinsertaformfieldinadocumentoraform,firstclickthepositioninthedocumentwheretheformfieldneedstobeinserted,andthenclickthecorrespondingbuttononthe[Form]toolbar.Table8-5liststheformfieldsinWord.

Purpose

1.Viewandinputofdata;

2.Controltheflowoftheapplication;

3.CustomdialogBox:Provideuserswithsysteminformation;

4.Printdatabaseinformation;

5.Thedocumentcanbeprotectedandcannotbecopiedby"fillingintheform";