On a Mac, click on the Field Form Options icon and set Type and Length . Click OK . On the Forms toolbar, click the Lock icon to lock form from editing. Close the Forms toolbar. If created on a PC with Word 97, the template can also be used on a Mac in Word 98.
Users can then fill out the form on their own computers and return it as an attachment by e-mail.
If the form is created in Word 97, the translation issues are the same as for any Word 97 document. Type the name of field in the correct cell in the label column, then click on ab in the Forms toolbar to create a text field. On a PC, right-click on the field, go to Properties and set Type and Length . On a Mac, click on the Field Form Options icon and set Type and Length . On either computer, make sure that the Calculate on exit option is checked.