how to create fill in blank form like application?

[Drsparky]

I would like to create documents where text is locked and users can only fill
in information that is asked. How would I go about doing this?

 

[Pesach Shelnitz]

Hi,

This is done by creating a "user form." Before you start learning about user
forms, I think that it is important to understand that a user form can be
distributed as a doc (docx) file or as a template (dot or dotm). When you
distribute a user form as a doc file, the user fills in the form and saves it
with the same name or a modified name. No macros are needed in this case. On
the other hand, a template can have a macro that runs automatically when the
user creates a new doc based on it. This can greatly enrich the form created.
The user then saves the file created with a user-defined name.

For lots of details, see
http://www.uwc.edu/training/wlwarchive/Creating_Forms_using_Microsoft_Word.doc,
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and_employ_a_UserForm.htm, and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm .

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See:

http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms

Please Fill Out This Form
Part 1: Create professional looking forms in Word
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22

Part 2: Adding Automation to your Word forms.
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=46

Part 3: Learn more VBA (macros) to automate your forms.
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=119

Part 4: Use custom dialog boxes in your Word forms
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=127

Part 5: Connect your AutoForm to a database to save input time and keep
better records!
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=136


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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It is much more likely that the OP was asking about a protected form (using
form fields); Doug has pointed him in the right direction for this.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org