Making form lines in word

Create User Entry Form in Word 2013

1. Go to the “File Tab” and choose “Options”.
2. Choose “Customize Ribbon Tab”.
3. Choose “Developer” from “Customize the Ribbon column”.
4. Now write a simple user entry form in Word 2013.
5. Add the Content Control that satisfies the user entry form reuirements.

How do I create a fillable form in Word 2013?

Tech Tip: How to Create Fillable Forms in Microsoft Word

1. Enable Developer Tab. Open Microsoft Word, then go to the File Tab > Options > Customize Ribbon > check the Developer Tab in the right column > Click OK.
2. Insert a Control.
3. Edit Filler Text.
4. Design Mode button again to exit the mode.
5. Customize Content Controls.

How do I insert a form field in Word 2013?

To insert a field, follow these steps:

1. Position the insertion point where you want the field to be inserted.
2. On the Insert tab, click Quick Parts and then click Field.
3. (Optional) On the Categories list, select a category to narrow the list of field names.
4. On the Field Names list, click the desired field name.

How do you create forms in Word?

To create a form in Word that others can fill out, start with a template or document and add content controls.
Start with a form template

1. Go to File > New.
2. In Search online templates, type Forms or the type of form you want and press ENTER.
3. Choose a form template, and then select Create or Download.

How do I make an editable form?

How to create fillable PDF files:

1. Open Acrobat: Click on the “Tools” tab and select “Prepare Form.”
2. Select a file or scan a document: Acrobat will automatically analyze your document and add form fields.
3. Add new form fields: Use the top toolbar and adjust the layout using tools in the right pane.
4. Save your fillable PDF:

How do I create a fillable form in Word with lines?

Firstly, click “Underline” under “Home” tab and choose one line style. Then press “Shift+ Underscore” to get a line. Then place cursor above the line and type the content. As you type, you will find the line gets longer and longer.

How do I create a form line in Word?

Click the “Insert” tab, then click the “Shapes” button. Click the basic Line shape. When the cursor changes to a plus sign, hold down the “Ctrl” key to give you a straight drawing line, and drag the cursor to the right of the text you just typed, giving your form recipients a place to write.

Where is the Forms toolbar in Word?

Go to the Developer tab; Move to the Control group; Click the Legacy drop down button, then you will view the Legacy Forms buttons. These buttons are Form Toolbar buttons.

How do I insert a text form field in Word?

Working with Form Fields

1. Position the insertion point where you want the field to appear.
2. Display the Developer tab of the ribbon.
3. In the Controls group click Legacy Tools and then click the Text Form Field tool.
4. Right-click the form field just entered and choose Properties from the resulting Context menu.

How do you insert a custom field in Word?

Inserting built-in fields

1. Navigate to the location in the Word document where you want to insert a field.
2. Click the Insert tab in the Ribbon and then click Quick Parts in the Text group.
3. Select Field.
4. In the list of Field names, select a field.
5. Under Field properties, select any properties or options you want.

How do I get Microsoft Forms?

Start a new form

1. Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your school or work credentials.
2. Select. New > Forms for Excel.
3. Enter a name for your form, and then select Create. A new tab for Microsoft Forms will open in your web browser.

What is the best program to create a form?

Best online form builders of 2021

• Hubspot Free Online Form Builder.
• Gravity Forms.
• Typeform.
• Wufoo.
• Microsoft Forms.
• Formstack.
• Paperform.
• Formsite.

How do I create a form in Word 2016?

Creating a computerized form

1. Press Ctrl+N to create a new document.
2. On the File tab, choose Save As. You see the Save As window.
3. Click the Browse button. The Save As dialog box opens.
4. Open the Save As Type menu and choose Word Template.
5. Enter a descriptive name for your template and click the Save button.

How do I create a fillable PDF form in Word?

Create a Word document and save it in Word, then open Acrobat. Click the “Tools” menu and click “Prepare Form.” Select the Word file to import. Acrobat will detect potential form fields and add them automatically, but you can use the tools in the right editing pane to adjust them, delete them or add new form fields.

How do I save a Word document as a fillable template?

Saving and Using a Form

1. Press F12. Word displays the Save As dialog box.
2. Using the Save As Type drop-down list, select Word Template.
3. If necessary, change to the directory where the template is to be stored.
4. In the File Name field, enter the name under which you want this template saved.
5. Click on Save.

How do I make a fillable form in word and not editable?

To make a document un-editable, first, select all the text in the document by pressing Ctrl+A. Once all of the text is highlighted, click “Restrict Editing” in the “Protect” group on the “Developer” tab.

How do I create a fillable form in Word for Mac?

To do this, click on “File” tab > “Options” > “Customize Ribbon”. Then under the “Customize Ribbon”, select the “Developer” checkbox and click “OK”. Step 2: Open a Word document and you will be able to make the Word document fillable.

Where is tools on Word 2013?

MS Word 2013 as a Quick Access Toolbar that is by default placed just next to the Microsoft orb that is available at the top left corner of the interface. The Quick Access Toolbar, as the name suggests, provides tools to quickly access a few commands that are frequently used by most users.

How do I pin a form to the taskbar?

In the first place please open Microsoft forms in Edge. Then click on Apps> install this site as an app. Finally, the app will appear in the start menu. Now, to pin it to the taskbar, do a right-click under the app and then proceed to pin it to the taskbar.

How do I turn on the Developer tab in Word?

The Developer tab isn’t displayed by default, but you can add it to the ribbon.

1. On the File tab, go to Options > Customize Ribbon.
2. Under Customize the Ribbon and under Main Tabs, select the Developer check box.

What are form fields in Word?

You can use a text form field to collect basic text information such as a name or address. Alternatively you can also use text form fields to request other types of data such as numbers, dates, times, phone numbers, zip codes, percentages etc. Text form fields can also be used to perform calculations.

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Word has a set of AutoFormat shortcuts that make horizontal lines, here’s how they work, how to change them, color the lines and how to stop lines when they get out of control.

Line shortcuts

There are six horizontal line shortcuts.  For each one type the same character three times at the start of a new line then press Enter.

For example, press the dash key three times on a new line, then enter.

Dashes give you a horizontal line

Underscores give you a bold horizontal line

Equals gives you a double horizontal line

And there’s more …

The three above are the best known but there are others.

Asterisk makes a dotted line

Tilde makes a wavy line

Pound/Hash makes a triple line

Tooltip controls

Whenever you automatically make a line, a small tooltip appears with some options.

Undo Border Line – changes back to the characters you typed.  The usual undo shortcut, Ctrl + Z, will do the same thing.

Stop Automatically Creating Border Lines – will turn off the AutoFormat |  Border Lines option entirely.

Control AutoFormat Options … goes to the settings for AutoFormat as you type.

Autoformat Options

The automatic lines and all other AutoFormat options are controlled from Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect options | AutoFormat As You Type:

Border lines can be turned on/off from there.  There are no options to select just some character/line combinations – it’s all or nothing.

Under the hood

Word isn’t making the lines by adding a lot more characters across the page.  That’s where confusion can begin if you’re trying to stop the lines appearing.

It’s converting your dash/underscore/equals etc. into a paragraph border. Specifically, a bottom border line on the paragraph.

For example, here’s how an automatic double horizontal line appears in Paragraph | Borders and Shading

It’s just the double line style applied to the bottom line of the paragraph.  Strictly, at the bottom of group of paragraphs with the same formatting. Knowing that detail is useful when you’re fixing the extra lines that start appearing.

Color

The automatic lines are always black (actually ‘Automatic’).  Word doesn’t pick up the color of the three characters nor the paragraph as you might expect.

To change the line color, select the line then go to Home | Paragraph | Borders | Borders and Shading.  Select the color you want from the pull-down list and then click on the borders you want the color change to apply.

Other lines

You’re not limited to the lines that Microsoft provides via AutoCorrect.  You can add your own or change the look of a line added with AutoCorrect.

Select the line then go to Home | Paragraph | Borders | Borders and Shading.  That opens up the many options you have:

Styles:  there are over 20 line styles to choose from.

Color:  as mentioned above, the full Word color range is available.

Width:  thin, medium or thick – take your pick from ¼ point to 6pt.

Top, bottom, left, right – click in the preview box to choose which lines to show and the style of each one.

Whatever you choose, remember to click on the line/s in the preview box to apply the look you want.

For consistency, you can have a horizontal line as part of a paragraph style.  For example, a line above or below a heading.

Unwanted horizontal lines

A common problem with the automatic lines is extra lines appearing where you don’t want them.

It happens when you add paragraphs immediately above the horizontal line.  Each of those paragraphs inherits the same (bottom border) formatting that Word made for the horizontal line.

You won’t see a line under each paragraph because Word groups together paras with the same formatting.  Only the last paragraph of a group will have a bottom border line.

The problem usually rises because people try to fix the extra lines by selecting just the paragraphs showing horizontal line and change the formatting.

That doesn’t change the ‘bottom border’ formatting for other lines that have the setting.  So it seems like extra lines keep popping up without reason!

The solution is to make sure you select all the affected paragraphs – not just the ones with horizontal lines.

Choose a paragraph and look carefully at the Home | Paragraph | Borders icon.  That icon changes according to the current border settings.  In this, enlarged, example you can see the bottom line is solid.

To change the border setting, pull-down the borders list and choose ‘No Border’.

To stop the creeping lines in the first place, get into the habit of not adding extra paragraphs from the horizontal line itself.  Instead, go to the paragraph ABOVE the horizontal line and add new paras from there.

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