This tutorial is part of an ongoing lesson. The first part can be found here: Designing a Form

Design a Microsoft Word Form - Part 2

In the previous section, you added the text and a title for your form. Your form so far was like this:

But a form needs boxes that people can fill in. We'll see how to do that now. We'll add a box for each category above.

On the drawing toolbar, click the rectangle icon:

When you let go of the mouse button you'll find that your rectangle has little white boxes surrounding it. This indicates that the rectangle is selected. You can move and resize your shape when it is selected. You can't do anything with it if it is not selected.

To select yourshape, just click on it with your left mouse button. When you see the white boxes surrounding your shape, you know it is selected. Your form may look something like this one below:

If your box is not the size you want, you can resize it. You've already done this, but here's a refresher:

When you're moving your box around, you may find that it jumps too much, and you can't get it into the exact position you want. This is because of the grid. Each time your box moves, it jumps 0.32 centimetres in the horizontal, and 0.32 centimetres in the vertical. You can change these values.

To change the grid values so that you can position your box more precisely, do the following:

When you click on "Grid", the following dialogue box pops up. The values you want to change are Vertical and Horizontal spacing:

When your settings match the ones in the image above, click the OK button. When you move your box around, you will be able to so more exactly.

When you have your first box in position, draw two more boxes for the First Name and Surname. You Form should now be looking like this:

In the next part we'll see how to add the boxes for the Address.

Learn how to add an Address box to your Form -->