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Alternatives to using forms in Writer

In OpenOffice.org 3.x, the Base component provides an alternative way to access a

data source. There are a lot of similarities between forms in Base and Writer, but one

may be better for a particular task than the other. Base is appropriate only if the form

accesses a data source; you would not use it for simple forms.

Most other OpenOffice.org components—Calc, Impress, and Draw—also support

forms in almost the same way that Writer does.

Creating a simple form

This section explains how to create a simple form without any links to a data source

or database and without advanced customization.

Create a document

There is nothing special to be done when creating a document to use as a form.

Create a new Writer document with File > New > Text document.

Open the form toolbars

Two toolbars control form creation: Form Controls and Form Design. Select View >

Toolbars > Form Controls and View > Toolbars > Form Design to show them

both. The Form Controls toolbar has a button for each of the most commonly used

types of control.

You can also open the Form Design toolbar from the Form Controls toolbar. Some of

the less commonly used controls are on a third toolbar—More Controls—also opened

from the Form Controls toolbar.

You can dock these toolbars in different places on the Writer window, or leave them

floating. Figure 409 shows the three toolbars floating.

See “Form controls reference” on page 413 for descriptions of the tools on these

toolbars.

Figure 409: The Form Control, More Controls and Form Design Toolbars

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