Creating a memo form

[G. Michael Paine]

I am running Word OSX.
How can I create a memorandum form that I can bring up and type into the
various lines, e.g., From; To; Date; and text area?

I guess the question is how to lock these items in place on the template.

Michael

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi

Take a look at this web page:
<http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/index.htm>

Scroll down to the middle of the page where it says "Forms, protected
documents and form-related fields." That's where you'll find lots of
suggestions about how to work with Word's form fields.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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[G. Michael Paine]

Hi Jim,
I got it and will give it a try though it seems a bit complicated and I
have Word Mac OSX.

Thanks,

M-P

 

[John McGhie [MVP]]

Hi Mike:

Consider Word X to be Word 2000 and away you go. It's not as complicated as
it looks.

A crude way to do this is to paste your "form" as a picture in the document
running header, and format it "behind the text."

You then set up your typing fields in a borderless table above the picture,
and fiddle with the table until they sit exactly over the form.

Some people find this is simpler and gives acceptable results. But it's
nowhere near as flexible or powerful as the techniques mentioned on the web
page.

Cheers

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Hi Jim,
I got it and will give it a try though it seems a bit complicated and I
have Word Mac OSX.

Thanks,

M-P

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