Word isn't just for documents. It's surprisingly capable of creating fillable forms. It’s quick to set up, looks professional, and works perfectly for sharing or printing. Word has a special Developer ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

If you have a Microsoft Word document that you would like to turn into a digitally fillable form, you have a number of options available. You can create a fillable form in Word itself, so that other ...

Word offers the tools you need to handle simple calculations within your documents. This walk-through demonstrates the process. Word offers the tools you need to handle simple calculations within your ...

Many templates and web forms use Word form fields to solicit information from the user. Occasionally, the selection in one field determines the contents of another. You can hard-code list items in a ...

Create a text form field that lets you enter text once and have it appear automatically elsewhere in the document, such as the date shown in the file's header. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about ...

When you use drop box form fields in Microsoft Word, they may contain any variety of text and numbers to choose from. If you need to perform a calculation using data from the drop boxes, you need to ...

Custom interactive forms are one of Word’s most sophisticated tricks. More than a simple design tool, the form tools let you collect specific information and export to Excel, Access, or XML. When the ...