Microsoft Word Mac 15.32 Fillable Forms

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Oct 06, 2017 A client runs into problems when editing fillable forms (with Word for Mac) on his Macbook that were created in Word for Windows in developers mode. In short: A filled out form is downloaded from the webserver and should be edited while preserving all the content controls of the template as well as the data within check boxes, text boxes, date pickers, and drop-down lists.
May 17, 2019 Create a Fillable Form in Microsoft Word Step 1: Enable the Developer Tab. Head off to the File tab and click on Options. That will open the Word options window.

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Digital fillable forms are as important as their physical counterparts. Whether it’s for a simple book request from the library or for requesting office stationaries, electronic forms are useful in many scenarios.

The best part is that handling them is simple and straightforward. All you need to do is fill up the details, attach the form, and send it over in an email. No headache of rotating a paper around.

Creating a fillable form is not rocket science. If you have a word processor like Microsoft Word, you can create them quite easily. From adding checkboxes to neat text boxes, MS Word gives a lot of elements to play with.

However, these options are a bit hidden and not readily available. You have to enable the Developer options (yep, MS Word has this mode), and then design the form.

So, let’s take a look at how to make a fillable form in Microsoft Word.

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Create a Fillable Form in Microsoft Word

Step 1: Enable the Developer Tab

Head off to the File tab and click on Options. That will open the Word options window.

Now, select Customize Ribbon and click on the first drop-down.

From the scrollable list in the first column, select Main Tabs, and you’ll see a Developer (Custom) option in the window below. Select it, and send it over to the right side.

Once done, select Ok to save the changes. Here, you’ll see a new tab named Developer besides the Home tab.

All the control elements such as text boxes, drop downs, text boxes will be seen in the block beside the Add-in block, marked Controls.

Step 2: Add the Elements

Now, all you need to do is add the Content Control Elements. If it is a simple form with text boxes, you may want to add a table while designing the form. While the normal control panel lets you experiment with new elements, you can also play around with legacy controls.

Start by clicking on the Design Mode. Now, position your cursor at the place where you want to add the elements, and then select one of the many control elements.

Note that the default style doesn’t have any formatting options. You won’t be able to see any borders, which can be problematic for first-time users. To see all the content control elements of a page, simply tap on Design Mode, which will highlight all the placeholders.

At the same time, if you want to access the legacy controls, click on the little briefcase-shaped icon shaped as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 3: Customize the Elements

Other than that, Microsoft Word also lets you edit and customize the properties of the elements. From simple things like changing the placeholder color to adding the element title and adding locking mechanisms, you can do plenty with this simple control.

To open the Properties box, select an element and click on Properties from the top ribbon. Next, double click on the content control element to change the instructional text.

Step 4: Restrict Editing

It’s quite easy to edit a form in Word. All you need is a person who knows their way around MS Word’s fillable forms features to completely change the structure of a form. However, at the same time, you would want users to be able to fill the form easily.

Thankfully, this can be averted by simply locking the form. To do that, select all the form elements with the Ctrl+A keyboard shortcut, then click on the Restrict Editing button at the top ribbon.

Next, select the modes of restriction. Tap on Editing restrictions (option #2) and select the ‘Allow only this …’ checkbox, and then select the ‘Filling in forms’ option from the drop-down. Enter a password if you want to, and then hit the Ok button

Congratulations! You just created your first form. Open the test the form and you should be able to fill it like any other forms.

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Content Control Elements And their Meaning

Quite naturally, the first two options, Plain Text Content Control and Rich Text Content Control are for adding text elements to the form. Though users can add text in various formats, users won’t be able to add multiple lines by default.

Thankfully, it is easily rectifiable. Click on properties and check the Allow Carriage returns checkbox.

However, it’s not as simple as that for the other elements like the drop-down list, date picker, where you’d need to add the values beforehand when you submit the form.

For drop-downs, select the element and click on Properties. Next, tap on Add and add the name and the value. Do this for the rest of your options. You can even move the values up and down on the list.

Similarly, for dates, you can choose the date format, calendar type, and the likes. Like the above one, open the Properties controls for the calendar and make your changes. Hit Ok when done.

However, the best tool is the Repeating Section tool. This one lets you repeat any form element on your form. That is a container for other content tools that you want to repeat in the different parts of the form.

To use it, tap on the icon and add the tools which you want inside it. Once done, click on the Add icon. There, all the elements will be repeated neatly.

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Fill Away

Whether it’s crafting a writing a simple essay or creating an official document, MS Word provides an endless set of features. And with the option to create fillable forms, the scope just widens.

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In this short introduction to the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), you’ll create a simple Visual Basic application that has a Windows-based user interface (UI).

If you haven’t already installed Visual Studio, go to the Visual Studio downloads page to install it for free.

Note

Some of the screenshots in this tutorial use the dark theme. If you aren’t using the dark theme but would like to, see the Personalize the Visual Studio IDE and Editor page to learn how.

Create a project

First, you’ll create a Visual Basic application project. The project type comes with all the template files you’ll need, before you’ve even added anything.

Open Visual Studio 2017.
From the top menu bar, choose File > New > Project.
In the New Project dialog box in the left pane, expand Visual Basic, and then choose Windows Desktop. In the middle pane, choose Windows Forms App (.NET Framework). Then name the file HelloWorld.
If you don’t see the Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) project template, cancel out of the New Project dialog box and from the top menu bar, choose Tools > Get Tools and Features. The Visual Studio Installer launches. Choose the .NET desktop development workload, then choose Modify.
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Open Visual Studio 2019.
On the start window, choose Create a new project.
On the Create a new project window, choose the Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) template for Visual Basic.
(If you prefer, you can refine your search to quickly get to the template you want. For example, enter or type Windows Forms App in the search box. Next, choose Visual Basic from the Language list, and then choose Windows from the Platform list.)
Note
If you do not see the Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) template, you can install it from the Create a new project window. In the Not finding what you’re looking for? message, choose the Install more tools and features link.
Next, in the Visual Studio Installer, choose the Choose the .NET desktop development workload.
After that, choose the Modify button in the Visual Studio Installer. You might be prompted to save your work; if so, do so. Next, choose Continue to install the workload. Then, return to step 2 in this ‘Create a project’ procedure.
In the Configure your new project window, type or enter HelloWorld in the Project name box. Then, choose Create.
Visual Studio opens your new project.

Create the application

After you select your Visual Basic project template and name your file, Visual Studio opens a form for you. A form is a Windows user interface. We’ll create a ‘Hello World’ application by adding controls to the form, and then we’ll run the app.

Add a button to the form

Click Toolbox to open the Toolbox fly-out window.
(If you don’t see the Toolbox fly-out option, you can open it from the menu bar. To do so, View > Toolbox. Or, press Ctrl+Alt+X.)
Click the Pin icon to dock the Toolbox window.
Click the Button control and then drag it onto the form.
In the Appearance section (or the Fonts section) of the Properties window, type Click this, and then press Enter.
(If you don’t see the Properties window, you can open it from the menu bar. To do so, click View > Properties Window. Or, press F4.)
In the Design section of the Properties window, change the name from Button1 to btnClickThis, and then press Enter.
Note
If you’ve alphabetized the list in the Properties window, Button1 appears in the (DataBindings) section, instead.