How do I create a form (w/lines) that I can type in? in Word General Questions    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   Word     Word General Questions     Word New Users     Word Application Errors     Word Drawing and Graphics     Word Mailmerge and Fax     Word Page Layout     Word Programming     Word Tables              Creating A Reusable Form In Word 10/23/2007 4:06 PM PST   Question   It seems like thee are many questions on how to create a usable form with lines in Word. Why doesn't Microsoft provide an easy answer?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Suzanne S. Barnhill 10/23/2007 4:48 PM PST   Answer   See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm and especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Creating A Reusable Form In Word" <Creating A Reusable Form In Word@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7C579115-B596-4E18-9851-72F0763A5E5C@microsoft.com... > It seems like thee are many questions on how to create a usable form with > lines in Word. Why doesn't Microsoft provide an easy answer?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Shana Chapman 8/27/2008 8:35 AM PST   "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm and especially > the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so > all may benefit. > > "Creating A Reusable Form In Word" <Creating A Reusable Form In > Word@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7C579115-B596-4E18-9851-72F0763A5E5C@microsoft.com... > > It seems like thee are many questions on how to create a usable form with > > lines in Word. Why doesn't Microsoft provide an easy answer? > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Shana Chapman 8/27/2008 8:36 AM PST   Suzanne: Is there a way to turn on the spell check feature for forms that you have created, protected (filling in forms protection)? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm and especially > the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so > all may benefit. > > "Creating A Reusable Form In Word" <Creating A Reusable Form In > Word@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7C579115-B596-4E18-9851-72F0763A5E5C@microsoft.com... > > It seems like thee are many questions on how to create a usable form with > > lines in Word. Why doesn't Microsoft provide an easy answer? > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Suzanne S. Barnhill 8/27/2008 9:01 AM PST   Not easily, but see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Shana Chapman" <Shana Chapman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FC10113C-2CDB-4BC5-AC15-DB00B85D02A2@microsoft.com... > Suzanne: > > Is there a way to turn on the spell check feature for forms that you have > created, protected (filling in forms protection)? > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > >> See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm and especially >> the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup >> so >> all may benefit. >> >> "Creating A Reusable Form In Word" <Creating A Reusable Form In >> Word@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:7C579115-B596-4E18-9851-72F0763A5E5C@microsoft.com... >> > It seems like thee are many questions on how to create a usable form >> > with >> > lines in Word. Why doesn't Microsoft provide an easy answer? >> >> >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           steffie 9/23/2009 2:41 PM PST   I tried to do what it shows in the link below, & couldn't get past the "View-toolbars-forms" part. I can't find that anywhere. I even downloaded a file called "Word Ribbon Mapping Workbook", & all it says about how to show toolbars is that toolbars was deleted in Word 07. I tried to create a form using the Developer tab, then clicking on the "insert plain text" or "insert rich text content control, but it's not the same thing as I used to use on Word 03 to make forms. You can't tab to get to the next text field. I'm confused. Word 07 is driving me insane, & I have to use it at home, & at both jobs!!! Please help!! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm and especially > the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so > all may benefit. > > "Creating A Reusable Form In Word" <Creating A Reusable Form In > Word@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7C579115-B596-4E18-9851-72F0763A5E5C@microsoft.com... > > It seems like thee are many questions on how to create a usable form with > > lines in Word. Why doesn't Microsoft provide an easy answer? > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Suzanne S. Barnhill 9/23/2009 3:40 PM PST   You didn't say you were using Word 2007. Neither my article nor Dian's tutorials have been updated for Word 2007. But if you want to use the legacy form fields, then you can access them from the Developer tab under Legacy Tools. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "steffie" <steffie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5D1E38C6-A6A0-4850-88C4-E4CAE8ED095F@microsoft.com... >I tried to do what it shows in the link below, & couldn't get past the > "View-toolbars-forms" part. I can't find that anywhere. I even > downloaded a > file called "Word Ribbon Mapping Workbook", & all it says about how to > show > toolbars is that toolbars was deleted in Word 07. I tried to create a > form > using the Developer tab, then clicking on the "insert plain text" or > "insert > rich text content control, but it's not the same thing as I used to use on > Word 03 to make forms. You can't tab to get to the next text field. I'm > confused. Word 07 is driving me insane, & I have to use it at home, & at > both jobs!!! Please help!! > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > >> See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm and especially >> the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup >> so >> all may benefit. >> >> "Creating A Reusable Form In Word" <Creating A Reusable Form In >> Word@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:7C579115-B596-4E18-9851-72F0763A5E5C@microsoft.com... >> > It seems like thee are many questions on how to create a usable form >> > with >> > lines in Word. Why doesn't Microsoft provide an easy answer? >> >> >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Blue Moses 7/1/2008 6:29 PM PST   I agree I have just upgraded from Word 2002 to 2003. I cannot find anything in Help. It is quicker to use Google to find Help for MS Word 2003 than Microsoft's own product. Shame on you Microsoft. "Creating A Reusable Form In Word" wrote: > It seems like thee are many questions on how to create a usable form with > lines in Word. Why doesn't Microsoft provide an easy answer?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Stefan Blom 7/2/2008 4:47 AM PST   See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm. If you want to create a protected form, you should read the linked articles by Dian D Chapman in particular. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Blue Moses" <Blue Moses@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B3FAE61A-1FB5-4A78-9F67-A14B9F76DBA5@microsoft.com... >I agree > > I have just upgraded from Word 2002 to 2003. I cannot find anything in > Help. > > It is quicker to use Google to find Help for MS Word 2003 than Microsoft's > own product. > > Shame on you Microsoft. > > > > "Creating A Reusable Form In Word" wrote: > >> It seems like thee are many questions on how to create a usable form with >> lines in Word. Why doesn't Microsoft provide an easy answer?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies