Using forms to collect information

Hi,

Thanks for your time. I'm using Word 2003. Wondering if there is a way to
have users fill out a form in Word and then be able to collect the data
somehow. I know conceptually there is, I've heard of it being done but I was
wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction.

For example if I wanted to create a survey for my users, create a form using
the form toolbar in Word and then collect and analyze the data in a table or
something like that.

I believe you can do this in Adobe also, but I'd rather use Word if I can.

Thanks!

Jezebel
Thu Feb 09 17:06:23 CST 2006

Word forms are documented in a squillion places on the net ... try Google.

The short answer is, each form field as an object within the document. To
extract the data, iterate the formfields collection, retrieve the value from
each and do what you need with it, until whatever you do is undoubtedly
done.

Acrobat has the advantage that users don't need to have Word to use your
form; only the free Acrobat reader.



"Cissy" <Cissy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C386B85-95E1-4CD1-8820-9936D03A9519@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your time. I'm using Word 2003. Wondering if there is a way
> to
> have users fill out a form in Word and then be able to collect the data
> somehow. I know conceptually there is, I've heard of it being done but I
> was
> wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction.
>
> For example if I wanted to create a survey for my users, create a form
> using
> the form toolbar in Word and then collect and analyze the data in a table
> or
> something like that.
>
> I believe you can do this in Adobe also, but I'd rather use Word if I can.
>
> Thanks!

Charles
Thu Feb 09 22:15:50 CST 2006

It is possible to save a form with only the data. What you are talking about
is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the
links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Cissy" <Cissy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C386B85-95E1-4CD1-8820-9936D03A9519@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your time. I'm using Word 2003. Wondering if there is a way
> to
> have users fill out a form in Word and then be able to collect the data
> somehow. I know conceptually there is, I've heard of it being done but I
> was
> wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction.
>
> For example if I wanted to create a survey for my users, create a form
> using
> the form toolbar in Word and then collect and analyze the data in a table
> or
> something like that.
>
> I believe you can do this in Adobe also, but I'd rather use Word if I can.
>
> Thanks!