Why bother faxing or mailing something back and forth when you can create the same form in Word so that it can be filled out on the computer, saved, and sent by email?
http://www.researchtutorials.com/videos/dc/wordforms.flv
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Download: Fillable Form Example (Word 2003) (67.5KB) Added: 28/07/2009 Tutorial: Make a fillable form in Word |
November 20th, 2009 at 4:55 am
This is probably the best tutorial on creating fillable forms in Word 2003 on the web! Thanks a lot to the author!
Does anyone know if there is the same tutorial for Word 2007?
February 4th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I loved this tutorial!! I didn’t use Word 2003 but 2007 and I can’t say enough about how simple he made it. I followed the steps one-by-one and created my form. Thank you so much for your assistance.
December 7th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Your tutorial was very helpful. Thank you. I have to agree that this was the best, concise lesson. I am ready to create my form.
I hope it works the same for Word for Mac.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:08 am
Absolutely wonderful tutorial. Kudos to the author for the effort he has taken to explain everything in such detail. Microsoft should hire him! Thanks again!
December 17th, 2009 at 11:32 am
This tutorial gave me exactly what I needed to know at the moment I needed it as I struggled through my first attempt at a fillable form. (Modifying someone else’s form, actually.) I would dearly love to know if this gentleman has posted other tutorials (Access?) because this was EXTREMELY helpful! THANK YOU!
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Fantastic, thorough tutorial which not only helped me with creating a form but gave good general tips for Word use.
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:15 pm
very professional tutorial
January 6th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Very nice! The tutorial was easy to follow and create a form.
January 7th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
very impressive
January 14th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I was watching the tutorial, Make a filliable form in WORD, and when it hit the 12 min. mark it stopped? Could it be my computer or is there something I am doing wrong. Please review and advise. I have been looking for a tutorial like this for a while. I cannot find anybody who can do this. Chris
January 19th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
VERY well done. Thanks so much!
January 23rd, 2010 at 7:35 am
Highly commendable presentation, not easy to make interesting but you did, I could also follow everything and end up with a usable result !!
Thank you very much for taking the trouble and I wish you all the very best.
Kind regards
Paul.
January 28th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Thank you so much. This will surely be the best 50 minutes investment I make. You made my day! Keep it up.
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:45 pm
WOW~~ Thank you so much. You really made it easy to do create a fillable form. Very concise, and user friendly. Thanks!
February 11th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Excellent presenter! Will recommend to my co-workers. Finally understand fillable forms. Thank you!
February 12th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Very helpful tutorial! I knew most of the short cuts and how to manipulate the table cells, but there were a few tricks shown that I can add to my arsenal!! Really appreciated being shown how they all come together and also some visual tips that I didn’t even think about. Thanks again!
February 13th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
This was the most helpful Word tutorial I have ever seen. I learned so much more than I anticipated. Thank you!!! (F4 is my new best friend!)
February 18th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
This was wonderful, Thank you so much for the informative learning session!
February 21st, 2010 at 12:02 pm
This tutorial helped me tremendously – great help. I do have one question:
Once my form was complete – protected and locked – a colleague tested it. When he enters text, the form does not expand in width, but he can continue adding text (in length) beyond the set boundary. We cannot see the text, but it doesn’t stop at the bottom of the page. I cannot figure out how to correct this. Any ideas?
March 1st, 2010 at 6:32 am
Debra:
Ah! Good catch. To prevent the text from exceeding the set boundary, you’ll need to to limit the number of characters the form field can accept. To do this:
1. Unprotect the form
2. Double click on the form field (a text field, I assume) you’d like to edit. The Text Form Fields Options box will appear.
3. The value for “Maximum Length” is probably “Unlimited.” Change this to your desired character limit (e.g., 255). You’ll need to test out various character limits to determine the best one given the size of the boundary.
4. Protect the form and test.
When you do this, it’s usually a good idea to inform your users that there is a limit so they can plan accordingly. So, consider adding something like “(255 character limit)” to the instructions next to that field.
April 20th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Hi Kurt,
Great tutorial!
I have just about completed my form and it looks great, but have the same type issues as Debra. I followed your instructions above, but they are not solving my problem.
I have a comment box where clients need to describe the nature of a job. When typping in my form field, the text just continus past the right border of the form. I’m thinking I might have missed something really obvious in my formatting. Please help!
February 26th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
GENIUS!
I agree the best tutorial ever!
March 2nd, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Wow, really great tutorial. I didn’t fall asleep once!!
Thank you!
March 5th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
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March 9th, 2010 at 3:41 am
The best tutorial available. I learned as well as enjoyed learning.
Regards,
Rengarajan J
March 16th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Great tutorial for folks who never used tables. It will be interesting to see if I can use this to create a form with mostly text that I do or do not want to be changed by the user.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:51 am
OMG!!! THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY WOOOOOONDERFUL. I used it to help me in 2007 and it worked just as well. Thank you sooooooooooo much
March 24th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Awesome tutorial…..just what I needed. Thanks very much!
March 25th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
I knew how to do this, but not nearly as efficiently as I do now. There were problems I came across when making forms that I couldn’t really solve, so figured out a “work around,” but knew it wasn’t exactly right. This tutorial has made my job a lot easier! Thank you so much for being willing to share with all of us.
April 5th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
I’ve been pulling my hair out for weeks trying to figure out how to make a form. This was so EASY. Best tutorial I have ever used for ANYTHING! Please make more!!
April 8th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Wow! Thank you so much for making this subject so easy to understand. I cant wait to get started changing my forms to fillable forms.
Anna
April 14th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
WOW! This was just what I was looking for! Great job on the tutorial!! Can’t thank you enough!!
April 28th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Awesome! This was exactly what I needed. Wonderful job.
April 29th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Thanks so much for the tutorial. However, it only allowed 2 minutes or so to watch it. Please let me know how I could watch the whole 50:2 minutes tutorials.
Thanks
May 15th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Really helpful. Thank you
May 17th, 2010 at 11:38 am
This is a very informative tutorial. Thank you.
May 21st, 2010 at 3:20 am
The best ever tutorial on making a fillable form in Microsoft Word!
May 25th, 2010 at 3:25 am
Amazing tutorial. I would like to know what software do you use to record the actual tutorial
May 25th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
CarolsRivas: I use Camtasia Studio available at http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp. I’ve been very pleased with it.
June 11th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Hi Kurt, Do you have more tutorials?
You have an incredibly concise and poignant teaching style. I would love to learn more from you.
A.
June 14th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Thank you for the kind comments. I’ve had very little time to commit to this website (as much as I love it), as a lot is going on (baby, new job, dissertation, life!). Once things settle down a bit, I hope to post some new tutorials.
June 24th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
It only let’s me watch for 12 minutes. How can I see the rest?????
June 28th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
See the “Problems with the Videos” link at the top of the site. I hope one of the solutions works for you.
June 25th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
This was great. One question, how can you use spell check in the form fields?
June 28th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
A previous viewer asked the same thing. This was my response (although I will admit I’ve never had any luck getting this technique to work):
“Unfortunately, spell checking gets disabled in Word forms. You can do it, but it’s tricky and requires use of a macro. See this thread:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/449473.html“
July 7th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Thank you SO much – your tutorial explained EVERYTHING that I needed to know in plain language. I really feel able to tackle all the forms I need to make for my new business – thank you for taking the time & trouble to do this for all us computer illiterates out here.
July 30th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Thank you so much for posting this for FREE!!! My employer should be paying you for teaching me how to make forms! Congratulations on your new baby.
August 4th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
THANK YOU!!! just what I needed to know!
August 18th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
This is a fabulous tutorial! Thank you so much! It made creating forms very easy.
August 18th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Hi
I think this video looks great and it is exactly what I want to do, but I have the newer version of Word and have never gotten used to it so am having difficulty following the video under the newer version
any options for me?
August 31st, 2010 at 10:11 am
Scan through the comments for a reply I made to a similar question. I posted a link to one or more form tutorials for Word 2007.
Also, there are some free to inexpensive add ons you can download that allow you to use the (much beloved) 2003 menus and toolbars with your 2007 version (for Word, Excel, etc.)
A quick Google search yields some options, although I can’t vouch for any of them.
FREE:
http://www.ubit.ch/software/ubitmenu-languages/
SHAREWARE:
http://www.toolbartoggle.com/
http://www.addintools.com/english/menuoffice/
(Free, fully functioning trial version of the latter option: http://www.addintools.com/english/menuoffice/download.htm)
Good luck!
August 19th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Fantastic!! I have passed it onto a few colleagues. Plus I think my
Mum would even be able to follow this. It is so comprehensive.
Thank you!
August 26th, 2010 at 2:07 am
Thank you, Sir. This is the best tutorial I have ever seen in my whole life.
September 1st, 2010 at 5:53 pm
This was a great tutorial. I was wondering if you have the same tutorial but using Word 2010. This are much different in Word 2010. If so, please let me know how to view it. But this was great.
August 29th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Who was that masked man?! How about telling us a little about yourself guy? Medical background? (judging by the form content) Thank you for the time and effort of this tutorial, and congrats on your new family and job Doc. This has helped me greatly–student (Health Management,BS)