Now let’s start working on the form itself.

First off, let’s go ahead and open a new Word document.

If needed select the properties to change the format of the date.

Use the date picker to let allow the user to select data values.

In the drop-down list properties, click Add and enter the display name.

Then right click on the box and select Properties.

Then select combo box or drop-down list.

The combo box or a drop-down list are used when we want user to select the information that are provided in the list of our choice. Select all the text items and click on the building block content to work. If we want the user to know that specific set of topics belongs to the same block, they can be assigned to the building block gallery content control. Then click Developer tab and select Picture content control.If we want the application to add a picture of the user this picture content control can be used. Then click Developer tab and select Rich or Plain text content control.Click the place where the control needs to be inserted.If we are in need to limit the texts from users we can use Plain text content control. Rich text can be used where multiple paragraphs can be typed. Rich and plain text content control are used for the text formatting like font name, size, bold, italics. Rich text content control/Plain text content control: Note: If you are an Outlook user, you might want to take a close look into our detailed Outlook forms tutorial and our post on Outlook email and meeting templates Office form Controlsīefore we go ahead and customize the form, let’s discuss the types of controls and how to add them to the document so you can quickly build your custom userf orm. The Design mode helps us to edit the type of controls properties and to assign a name to the control.In the Developer tab we can find the controls that are needed to create a form.Make sure that your Developer tab is enabled.Read on for all the details -:) Word fillable formsįollow the process below to quickly create a Word form: Can you tell how to create basic fillable forms in Word? But now I am in need to create a simple form to capture some colleague feedback on an initiative i am leading at work. I usually prefer working with Microsoft Word when creating any important documents.

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