Questions tagged [forms]
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How to limit Plain text content control in MS word?
I want to create one Form using Developer tab in MS word 2013.
When I write anything in Plain text content control, it will expand like below Image.
I want to give width limit so that control can ...
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Libreoffice Writer: how to enter data in a protected Word .doc form
I have a Word .doc file with form fields in it that I want to fill out in LibreOffice Writer. The file is protected (in MS Word), so only the fields can have data entered into them.
However, none of ...
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Font missing while editing forms using Acrobat
I want to added some form in a PDF template using Acrobat, I'm not allow to modify that template. Since labels in that template are in a font called STXiHei, I want to make my forms the same. However ...
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Can MS Access make a column-of-rows type of form like the one pictured?
I am trying to make a form consisting of multiple forms stacked side-by-side in Access, like the one pictured below but have run into many, many issues. I will settle for a report if I can't get a ...
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Creating a PDF form, trying to calculate using check marks
I'm creating a fillable form in Adobe DC.
I have the following sheet set up:
I'm trying to set up the total cost field to auto populate with the cost when check marks are made.
I know very little ...
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Using one text file as a modified 'stencil' for other text files with forms
(rephrasing the question for better clarity.)
Suppose I have 1000 text files. Each file is a textual form, with fixed field descriptions and headers, but the data is different. For example, file 1:
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How can I avoid duplicate records in an Access table when entering data from a subform?
I have a MS Access database with three tables:
Foods (Id, Food_Name, Food_Desc)
Ingredients (Id, Ingredient_Name)
IngredientsFoods_mm (Id, Id_FoodsFK, Id_IngredientsFK)
...in a many-to-many ...
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Is there a way to make chrome autofill all available fields on a page, as opposed to requiring dropdown selection for each field?
If I have a field (e.g. mobile number) chrome will suggest the answer as I type, but is there any way for chrome to simply fill in the information without me having to manually trigger each field?
I'...
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Duplicate fields on the same page, on an Adobe PDF form
I have a section of an Adobe PDF form which will contain a list of items, I want to be able to add as many items to this list as neccessary and for it to push the rest of the content down.
I am using ...
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Outlook 2010 Form Designer component
Which MS Office component is required to design custom forms in Outlook? I unchecked many components during Office installation and now my Outlook lets me only to open a custom form, not create one. ...
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Better alternative for forms than PDF documents
Over the last few years, it has become fashionable to create PDF documents containing all sorts of dynamic content. One of these contraptions are forms that can be filled out digitally, and then ...
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PDF form validations not working
I have created a PDF form with using Adobe Acrobat and added javascript validations on text-boxes like email and telephone numbers.
When I fill them with using adobe reader they will validate ...
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How can I print only pages I have selected by a checkbox to print in MS Word?
I have a protected Word document with many macros.
It is approximately 45 pages long.
I want to add a checkbox on the top of each page and run a macro so that only the checked pages will be printed.
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How to create a copy/copied/duplicated form page in LibreOffice (for PDF form input)?
I created a LibreOffice Writer document including some input forms. How can I create a copy page where the input-values are repeated from the original page as copy for the person filling out the form?
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How to create a form checkbox without a label on LibreOffice Writer
In default the checkbox seems to have a label assigned to it. For creating an fillable PDF I'm looking for just a plain checkbox which can be clicked -- the description is done at another column, as ...
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Automatically adding/expanding new row in MS Access forms
I am trying to build an invoice form in which the user has to select an item and when ever the item is selected from the combo box, a new blank row should be added at bottom as shown in the screen ...
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Pdf form via OpenOffice: disable write in combobox
In the OpenOffice family products you can create a form with a writer and then export it to pdf. This way you get an editable pdf form.
I need to add a combobox but cannot find a way to disable ...
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Excel 2013 32bit and 64bit crashing on form
Excel 2013 32bit and 64bit crashing on user form.
I don't know what's wrong with this form. Does anyone see any problems? Is there a change in codes, value, attributes from Excel 2007 to 2013 that I ...
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How can I leave sticky-notes on a PDF form?
I'm filling out a PDF form, which is handier than paper mostly, but when I want to leave a note for myself or my wife to revisit a field or check something, I find that all commenting tools are ...
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How to remove a picturebox from a powershell GUI after it has been added?
I am creating a powershell tool that performs a specific migration of program data. One step I need to perform is to check whether SQL server can write to the specified file locations. I have a button ...
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Shading for content controls not always displaying
I am using MS Word Professional Plus and trying to shade the content control fields, so that users of the form can easily identify the fields. I have gone under options, advanced setting and selected ...
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How can I make Firefox automatically fill a username/password form and submit it?
In our staff lounge I have installed a PC with a large TV to display our company notices. The notices are published on an external SharePoint page at head office and displayed in the lounge with ...
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Generating word documents with small differences
I regularly create word documents, each document consists of two main sections: (1) some basic text (e.g. date, title, to whom it is addressed) (2) then followed with some tables.
The tables are ...
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How can I allow styling text inside a Word form field?
I have a Microsoft Word document with some legacy form fields. If I add the editing restriction "Allow only... Filling in forms" and start enforcing protection then I can enter text into the legacy ...
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Change Style of Text Box Forms in LibreOffice Writer
Is it possible to change the style of an field in LibreOffice?
The normal text field is shown as a "box", but I want it to look like a "line". Is that possible?
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Google form border…Is there a way to remove it or not? or even blend it with the background color pink [closed]
How do I remove the ash and white stripes border around the "Login-USE your Zip code Google form" or make it look negligible?
It is a form made using the Google forms
Is there a way to remove it or ...
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Lock fillable pdf form
So i got this pdf file to fill out. I wanna export it to a normal, non-fillable pdf using Acrobat Reader. I cant manage to do it. I tried printing it and select export to pdf in printer setup, however,...
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Restricting in word 2010
I have a 2010 word document that is a questionnaire form. I want to lock the form and allow anyone to enter their answers. Most of it is in a table format. How do I do that?
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Cannot open pdf form on Ubuntu 14.4
While trying to open a pdf form, it raised an error and refused to open the form all together.
It displays:
Please wait...
If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the ...
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View and modify form data before posted to server
There is a website I need to report data on a daily basis. To report the data I need to fill out a form and submit (post) it.
One of the fields is a select element, and it's missing a value. The ...
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How to protect cd data with a signup form
This is probably a ridiculous question to which you will say you cannot, however...
I need to burn some files to CD / DVD for distribution.
I need people who open the CD / DVD to have to fill in a ...
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Copy filled html form from browser to document
I would like to fill an html form with checkboxes in a webpage, then copy it to a word document (or other format), along with the selected checkboxes.
So I can easily have a copy of what I submitted ...
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Excel developer list box dimensions are not preserved
I used the Excel Developer Tab to create a List Box for a macro. Every time I open the file my List Box is in, the list box has shrunk. I need help fixing the width and height of the List Box such ...
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Compile Form Data In Excel [closed]
I've created a form in Excel which has been filled out by many people. Now I have ten files containing this form which have been filled in and I'd like to compile all the results into one Excel file. ...
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LibreOffice Writer: Forms are not editable after save
after creating an odt document which has form controls (textbox, checkbox etc), I cannot edit the forms when I open the document again.
You have to select everything and copy it in a new document. But ...
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Is there a way to paste a date into a Chrome date field?
When filling in a form in Chrome, HTML5 forms have a nifty date field nowadays which Chrome renders a rather helpful date picker.
This is nice unless you have loads of forms to fill in.
I'd like to ...
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Extract multiple PDF forms into once excel file
I have a one page PDF file which is used by our users for registration. Is there anyway I can extract form values from all the PDFs filled out by users in a single excel file, at once?
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Choose the filename when using POST with curl?
I'd like to POST a file upload with curl, and choose the filename at request time.
Here's the curl line I have right now, which works to upload the file:
curl --form "[email protected]" http:/...
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Opening dropdown box immediately on cell entry excel
I have successfully implemented cascading dropdown lists, where the contents of the dropdown are filtered by the previous selection, using an adaptation of Contextures Offset/Match method of ...
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PDF file is asking me to UPLOAD another PDF file. What it can be?
I met a PDF file with a placeholder for a logo. When I click this placeholder, it is asking to "upload" a logo.
Pressing Browse... causes normal open file dialog appear, which is accepting only PDF ...
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Getting bad results to form field formula Word
I am using Word 2007 and have a form with "Filling in forms" protection.
I have a formula field: {[FormText { =Round(Price/0.5, 2)}}] that shows like this: 100.00. The [] brackets indicate a bookmark ...
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Eliminate leading space form field Word
I am using Word 2007 and have a form with "Filling in forms" protection. I have a formula field: { =Round(Price/0.5, 2) \# "$#,##0.00" } that shows like this: $ 100.00. The problem is how do I ...
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In a Web page, how can I tick all checkboxes in selection?
I am using a webmail (Outlook Web Access).
I have a Web page : in my mailbox, I have many messages.
I select 30 lines.
Now, I want something that would tick the 30 checkboxes that are in my ...
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Word for Mac 2011 Form/Templates - field size
I've made a form template for other users to complete. It is a new employee record form. The size of each text box is unlimited, but if a person's name is lengthy, the text boxes on the rest of the ...
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What is the best way to create a form letter in Word 2007? [closed]
In MS Word 2003 I could right-click and pick a format, and a toolbar came up that would allow me to highlight certain areas to allow people to type in a letter and tab through, and would also allow me ...
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How to increase visual length of form text field in Word?
When a form text field is inserted in a Word document, the grey shaded length is about 5 characters long. How can this length be increased?
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How to disable blue highlighting of text form field when selected in Word?
When a text form field is clicked in by the user, the field is highlighted in blue.
How can the blue highlighting be disabled?
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How do I protect/lock a form in Word 2007/2010 without losing spellcheck?
Locking a form in Word 2007 and 2010 loses a lot of important features, most notably spellcheck. How do I lock a form so users can only edit the Content Controls, without sacrificing any other ...
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Can a Word 2010 document be used to gather information and create documents based on the input?
Here is the problem I am trying to solve, and my question is, "Can this be done in MS Word 2010?"
MS Word 2010 form is given to user
User returns form to me, completely filled out
Based on the ...
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Excel Form Control Text Resizing- Won't Highlight when Click Edit Text on Form Control
I added some form controls through the developer tab and linked them to macros successfully. They are checkbox type controls and I want to increase the font size in them, when i click edit text though ...