Chapter 21. Creating Forms

In this chapter

Understanding Forms 656

Designing the Form 656

Saving the Form as a Template 658

Word 2007 or Legacy Fields? 659

Displaying the Developer Tab 660

Creating a Form with Content Controls 661

Creating a Form with Legacy Form Fields 665

Protecting a Form 673

Filling Out a Form 674

Saving Only the Form Data 676

Printing Only the Form Data 676

Tips for Creating Printed Forms 677

Troubleshooting 677

Understanding Forms

Forms enable you to collect information from people via a fill-in-the-blanks interface. The forms you create in Word can be printed and completed on paper or filled out from within Word. With a little extra programming know-how, they can also be connected to an XML data system or an Access database. ...

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