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Fill-in form for pre-printed forms?
I have a pre-printed form that I need to fill in and then print the answers
on the forms fed into my printer. How can I do this? |
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Fill-in form for pre-printed forms?
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:40:01 -0800, FormGuy
wrote: I have a pre-printed form that I need to fill in and then print the answers on the forms fed into my printer. How can I do this? Not easily, if you must use Word. There are several approaches, but they're all fiddly and time-consuming. My first recommendation, if the filled forms don't have to be machine-processed, is to forget about the preprinted forms. Duplicate the form completely in Word or some other application so that the completed form can be printed on plain paper. Use tables to hold the text and form fields. The article http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22 is an introduction to setting up a form with form fields. If you have to use the preprinted forms, one of the better approaches is to take a scan of the empty form and insert it in a blank Word document, anchoring it in the header (http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm) and setting it to "Behind Text". Use measurements to make sure this background is the same size as the actual form. Then use borderless tables or frames, positioned over the form's blanks, to hold the form fields. Finally, in Tools Options Print, uncheck the option for printing drawing objects; that will prevent the scanned image from printing, leaving the form field contents to print -- with luck, in the blanks of the preprinted sheets. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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