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What application do you use to make forms in your organization?
This document just covers the basics of form building in Microsoft Word, what other Word functions would you like to see covered by a TechRepublic tutorial series?
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I would like to see an article that covers the use of macros to create and fill simple forms from information present in the computer or that can be completed by the user if the information is not available. A perfect example would be a Fax cover sheet. I would like to have a macro that I could install on each user's workstation that when activated by a button on the tool bar would go to that specific users contacts, take that users name, direct dial phone number, direct incoming fax number from an entry in outlook contacts (we could put a standard entry in each users contacts called "A1" or "Addressor" with that information customized for the specific user, and place that information into a fax coversheet template. Then, the macro would stop and ask for the name of the person to whom the fax should go, if the information is in that users's outlook contacts or a shared contacts address book, it would fill in the Name, company name, fax and phone number and then stop allowing the user to check off a box like urgent, please reply, hard copy to follow, etc. and then type in a message if desired into the body.
I use PKZIP from PKWARE. Every zip attempt resulted in a zip error ocurring (no further details on exact error condition) on download.
I followed the "create dynamic forms using microsoft word's table features" and at the last page did click the lock icon to protect my form from tampering. I noticed that when another person needs to complete the form, the person is allowed to 'unclick' the lock icon to make changes to my form. Can you explain how I can restrict another person from accessing the lock icon?
Maggie
Maggie
what does it mena to ploan to use a job aid for your employee search, scanning three weeks?
what does it mean to create a table that lays out a day to day plan to use as a job aid for your employment search, spanning 3 weeks?
Your article was a good start but left out the MOST important and needed feature of a table in a form...........I and everyone else needs to know how to put a table in a form that will automatically add a row for more info when needed. In your example you gave 3 rows for the past employment info, what if the applicant had 4 past employers, how do I get to the last cell in the last row and have the form automatically create a 4th row for additional info? In the form I am creating a nurse will ask a patient a series of questions and will be filling out a form with the patients answers. One of the questions is "What medications are you currently taking?" The table would have a header row with the following labels, Medication, Reason for Medication, and the doctor who prescribed it. In the Word form I gave the user 3 rows to start with for the information. The table on this form needs to automatically offer me the opportunity to add a fourth row or more, as needed, when the last cell of the 3rd row has been filled so that the user can enter the 4, 5th, 6th ,ect med as needed.
In your first article on tables in word you said you can hit tab in last cell and a new row will be added, but I can not get that to work when using a table in a "Word Form". I can not believe that MS would leave out such a necessary and common sense function as that so please explain how to make that happen.
Thanks,
Ralph Malph
In your first article on tables in word you said you can hit tab in last cell and a new row will be added, but I can not get that to work when using a table in a "Word Form". I can not believe that MS would leave out such a necessary and common sense function as that so please explain how to make that happen.
Thanks,
Ralph Malph
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