Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

Applications for Word's Forms Feature

You can use Word's forms feature to build three types of forms:

• Printed forms that will be completed with a typewriter or a pen.

• Standard electronic forms that will be filled out in Word by users whose responses are limited to specific areas and types of information.

• Guided electronic forms where you display a series of questions and the forms can fill themselves in as the user provides answers.

In addition to fairly obvious applications such as questionnaires and surveys, forms can also be used in more traditional word processing functions such as automated document production. Lawyers use forms to fill out contracts, whereas bankers use them to complete loan applications.

In fact, Word's forms feature can ...