How do I create an online form in either word or excel?

Question

People call to schedule an audition and instead of hand writing the information, I'd like to go into word or excel and just enter the information, and tab to the next field...for instance, i type in the person's name, then hit tab and it goes into the address field...right now I have the form in word, but if i hit tab the whole form moves...I'm not sure if this is clear, but hopefully someone can help me out

Answer 1

You need to complete several tasks to create forms:

1) Create a template:
Start a new document, or open the document or template that you want to base the template on. On the File menu, click Save As. In the Save as type box, click Document Template. This file type will already be selected if you are saving a file that you created as a template. The default folder is the Templates folder in the Save in box. In the File name box, type a name for the new template, and then click Save.

2) Design and lay out the form.
Tables generally work well when you're creating a form with a simple layout. However, if the layout is more complex, you can insert several tables and separate them with blank paragraphs.

3) Add form fields: text, check boxes, or drop-down lists.
a) First add the descriptive info in a table cell, such as: First Name
b) Click in the table cell next to it. Go to your Forms toolbar (Go to the Main menu, click on View, click on Toolbars, click on Forms). Click on the first tool in the toolbar, "Text Form Field" tool, that has "ab|" on it. Now you've inserted a fill-in field where users can enter text.
c) To format your text form field, click on the form field, on the Format menu, click Font. Select the options you want, like the font type or text size.
d) To set or edit properties for the form field, double-click the form field you want to change. For the first name field, you'd want to leave the type at regular text (vs number) and you probably want to allow an unlimited number of characters.

4) Protect the form from changes.
You can protect a form to prevent users from making changes as they fill it out. On the Forms toolbar, click on the "lock" icon, which is the Protect Form button.

5) Save the form, and then distribute it as you would any other document that you send for review.

FYI: You can also create a form by starting with a sample template. Many are available on the Web at the Microsoft Office Template Gallery on the Microsoft Office Web site.

Good luck!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You could use Tables in Word, setting up the number of columns and rows that you need. You can add to or remove a column and row. Experiment with this, because I can't reproduce it here.