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haaamean - 28 Jun 2005 20:52 GMT

I'm trying to find out how to make a document into a form. One that has text
boxes that popup with questions in order to fill out the sections of the
form. For instance a part of the DOC that is for an address will pop up with
a text box asking for the client's address. You would fill out the box and it
would populate the field. Someone? Anyone?

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Anne Troy - 28 Jun 2005 21:05 GMT

The kind of form you're talking about is much more difficult to create and
requires VBA programming. Perhaps you can instead use "online forms"?
http://www.officearticles.com/word/create_a_fill-in_form_in_microsoft_word.htm
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> I'm trying to find out how to make a document into a form. One that has text
> boxes that popup with questions in order to fill out the sections of the
> form. For instance a part of the DOC that is for an address will pop up with
> a text box asking for the client's address. You would fill out the box and it
> would populate the field. Someone? Anyone?

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Jay Freedman - 28 Jun 2005 21:06 GMT

> I'm trying to find out how to make a document into a form. One that
> has text boxes that popup with questions in order to fill out the
> sections of the form. For instance a part of the DOC that is for an
> address will pop up with a text box asking for the client's address.
> You would fill out the box and it would populate the field. Someone?
> Anyone?

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and the
articles by Dian Chapman linked from that page.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

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Charles Kenyon - 28 Jun 2005 21:19 GMT

What you are talking about is a userform which requires vba programming.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm

You may want to first explore what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm.

Userforms are far more powerful and flexible than online forms, but they
take a corresponding greater amount of expertise and work.

Hope this helps,

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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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