How to Make a Word Document Fillable 2019
Mar 30, 2020 ยท 3 minute read
Some times you want to add this feature to your form which users pick a date from the calendar.
For that you can use this command.
How to Add Date Picker in Form;
1- Place the cursor in the place which you want to add Date picker box.
2- Go to the Developer tab and click on “Date picker Content Control” key.
3- Click on the Design Mode key.
4- You can change the text as you want in the Date Picker key.
5- By going to the Home tab and Font part, you can modify the text size, colour, font and etc.
6- Go to the developer and click on properties.
7- You can specify the title here.
Tick “Content Control can not be deleted” box.
Choose the format which you want to date display here.
8- Click on the “Design Mode” to unselect it, be careful if the “Design mode” is selected in the ribbon the calendar will not be shown.
9- Now you can click on the tab and choose your desired date from the calendar.
In the “Dropdown list”, you can only choose your desired item from the list but In “combo box” not only you can choose the item from the list but also you can write your item too.
How to Add Combo Box in Form;
1- Place your cursor on the position which you want to add a “combo box”.
2- Go to the Developer tab and click on combo box.
3- Click on “Design mode”.
4- Change the text in Combo box If you need.
5- In-Home tab, Font part, you can change the size and other properties of your text if you need.
6- Go to the Developer tab and click on Properties.
Here you can specify the Title and tick the “Content Control can not be Deleted” box.
7- Click on “Add” key and add your desired items and then click on “Ok”.
8- Pay attention;
If you select “the Contents cannot be edited check box”, you can not be able to choice any items.
9- You can choose your desired item or click on the tab and write your item.
How to Create Drop-Down List in Word.
1- Place your cursor on which place you want to add a Dropdown list.
2- Go to developer tab and click on drop-down.
2- Click on “Design mode”.
3- Go to the Developer tab and click on Properties.
4- Here you can specify the Title and tick the “Content Control can not be Deleted” box.
5- Click on “Add” key and add your desired items and then click on “Ok”.
6- Click on the tab and choose your desired item.
For a Rich text and Plain text and Picture, you can go to How to Create a Form in Word page and for checkbox, you can go to How to Add a Checkbox in Word page.