Microsoft® Office Word 2003 Step by Step

Modifying and Protecting a Form

You can enhance the look of a form by changing formatting and adding graphics just as you would in any other type of Word document. You can also modify form field properties to change the way the fields look and work.

After you finish a form but before you distribute it to users, you will want to protect it so that users can fill in the fields but not change the form itself. In fact, you cannot use a form to gather responses until you protect it. If you need to change the layout or content later, you will need to unprotect the form. You use the Protect Form button on the Forms toolbar to turn protection on and off. ...