Before you begin the actual process of creating your form, think about how you want your form to look. Do you want to use a table so that the form can be arranged in rows and columns ? If so, do you want the table gridlines to be showing or not? Or perhaps you want your form to look like a standard document containing paragraphs of text? Will your form only be filled out in Word, or do you want to print it out and have users fill out hard copies as well? When you have a general layout in mind, you're ready to sit down at the computer. The process of creating a form involves four general steps:
The next four sections describe these steps in more detail.
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