Newbie trying to make a form, I think building the Great Wall was easier

[wanderer]

At this point I'm ready to hit the rum bottle. Using Excel I have
inputed names of medications down column A, then sorted it to be in
alphabetical order. Next I wanted to put a checkbox next to each one to
allow someone to mark the boxes when looking at a printed copy to
indicate which medications they are currently using. When I got to view
- toolbars- forms and insert a damn checkbox, I get a rather large
object with the identifying caption, such as 'checkbox 1'. This isn't
what I was hoping to do. Then I tried to insert a checkbox and change
the caption to a name of a medication. Of course it won't let me cut
and paste so I get to retype it in. Then I insert the next box but it
isn't aligned with the previous box, so I move it to do so. Then by
doing so it clips some of the letters of the box above it such as the
letter 'P'. At this point I am ready to become a monk and say the hell
with it.

When I try to send it to Infopath or import it and beam it or God knows
what I should be doing with it I seem to end of in a complete miff. XML
map yes/no? Sure why not. It would have been no different if all the
captions then came up in Greek or Chinese. I just want a nice form with
checkboxes next to each medication. I think a nuclear device would be
easier for me to create.

Can anyone out there help me with this in a manner that will make
things look nice and be aligned and hopefully won't make me retype the
200+ medications I've already entered?

Many thanks

 

[S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton]

Sorry to hear you're having such a hard time getting the layout right. I
would hold off on the rum if I were you, though; it does not go well with
medication.

I'm not sure your question was about Excel or InfoPath, since you metioned
both, but to get a nice layout in InfoPath use Layout Tables (found under the
"Layout" pane). You can add as many rows and columns as you like to them and
place your text and fields/controls within the cells to get a nice alignment.

Hope that helps, and don't give up!