If my assumption is correct, the key consideration is that the only size constraint you can impose directly on a Text Box Form Field is the number of characters it is allowed to contain. I don't have a direct answer because I'm not exactly certain where the problem lies, but perhaps some general information will be useful. NotesĮven though the form is in a table, pressing the tab key moves the cursor to the next form field – not the next table cell.Looking at your example document I'm assuming that the problem is with the Table at the top. If you’d like to get rid of the “Choose an item” entry in the list, select it and then click Remove. Something like this would do:ĭo the same for all the ratings and we should have a list like this: We do this by clicking the Add button and typing in the Display Name and the Value. Give the drop down list a name (like “Rating”) and then add the ratings 1-5 to the list.
Click the Drop-Down List button and then click Properties. We’re going to give the reader a choice of 1-5 for their rating score. We can repeat the same process for adding a “Branch” form field, but things get a little racy when we add the Overall Rating field. Again, we’re going to title this field by clicking the Properties button and typing in the title. Place the cursor in the next blank cell down and this time click the Plain Text Content Control button. The title will be displayed next to the date picker when it is active, to give a visual clue about what the field is.
With the date picker still selected, click the Properties button and give it a title. Place the cursor in the table cell in the second column and first row and then click the Date Picker Content Control in the Control group. The first form field we need to add is a date picker. We’re going to be adding form fields now, so the first thing we need to do is change to Design Mode: click Developer > Controls > Design Mode. We need to type in the name of the piece of information in the left hand column and insert a form field in the right hand column. Insert a table by clicking Insert > Tables > Table, and click the square that represents a table with 4 rows and 2 columns. Similarly, we can create documents based on this template for Anne, Pete, Christine and Kev. Dave will fill out the form and return it to us. This means that we can send out a feedback form called Dave_Feedback.docx to Dave that is based on the template we are about to create. We do this so that we always have a “clean” version of the form on which to base individual document copies for distribution. Save it as a template by changing the Save as type to. Many people find that tables are a great help when aligning the elements of a form, so we’ll use a table for our form too.Ĭreate a new document (ctrl-n) and save it immediately (ctrl-s). These pieces of information will appear in our form for the respondents to fill in. Let’s list the information we might need:
Suppose we need to create a form that enables attendants to a course to give their feedback.
Read more about displaying the Developer Tab. If you can’t see the Developer tab in the ribbon, click the File tab > Options > Customise Ribbon, and ensure that “Developer” exists in the right hand pane and that the option is checked. However, the Controls group is on the Developer tab and this is not displayed by default. The form fields toolbar of Word 2003 has been relocated to the Legacy Tools button in the Controls group in Word 2010 (in fact, this change occurred in Word 2007). Once the respondents have returned their completed forms, you can then use another program like Excel or Access to store the results, or just view them in Word. Forms in Microsoft Word provide a way for you to gather information from the people you send them to.
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