• How To Create A Text Document

By Making a form in Word 2011 for Mac is as simple as choosing appropriate form controls from the Developer tab of the Office 2011 for Mac Ribbon, placing them in your Word document, and then enabling your form by turning protection on. Text strikethrough excel. The text input field is the most common form field. You might have filled in thousands of them in your lifetime. Name, address, and phone number are appropriate for text fields. To add a text input field to a document: • In an open Word document, place the insertion point where you want to insert a text form field. • Click the Text Box Field button on the Developer tab of the Ribbon.

How To Create A Text Document

A gray box (the form field) appears in your document at the insertion cursor position, and the fun begins. • Click the gray box to select it and then click the Options button on the Ribbon. Double-clicking a form control (while the form is not protected) displays the Options dialog for that form control. Free text editors for mac. The Text Form Field Options dialog is devilishly simple, yet brilliant. When you click the Type pop-up menu and choose a text field type, the rest of the Text Form Field Options dialog changes to offer appropriate choices based on your selection.

Here are the six types of text form fields from which to choose: • Regular Text: Word displays whatever is typed. • Number: Numbers can be formatted and used in calculations. • Date: Dates can be formatted. • Current Date: Displays the current date in your form. • Current Time: Displays the current time in your form. • Calculation: Calculates values based on entries made in numeric fields. The Text Form Field Options dialog allows these options for Regular Text: • Type: Choose a field type as described in the previous paragraph.