I have Word 2002 on the computer at my new job. I'm trying to convert their
form documents into actual forms, so they can just tab through the form
fields and fill them in. (Thus saving me trouble fixing things later!) The
problem is, some of the choices in the makeshift forms are complicated. On a
number of documents, there are optional or "choose one" phrases, often with
blank dates inside the phrases.

While I am a proficient Word user, I'm not experienced with form controls,
and I have no knowledge of Visual Basic. Can someone help me out? Is it
even possible to nest form fields like that?

Thank you!

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

For the choose one problem, look into mutually-exclusive text boxes. You can
put additional text fields in the choices for filling in dates, etc.

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jennifer M." wrote in message
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I have Word 2002 on the computer at my new job. I'm trying to convert
their
form documents into actual forms, so they can just tab through the form
fields and fill them in. (Thus saving me trouble fixing things later!)
The
problem is, some of the choices in the makeshift forms are complicated.
On a
number of documents, there are optional or "choose one" phrases, often
with
blank dates inside the phrases.

While I am a proficient Word user, I'm not experienced with form controls,
and I have no knowledge of Visual Basic. Can someone help me out? Is it
even possible to nest form fields like that?

Thank you!