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ACCESSING THE FORMS TOOLBAR
On the Common toolbar click the word Common and Select Forms from the list.
SET UP A FORM
1. To begin a form, position your cursor on the page where you want the form to begin. Insert a form object
from the Forms Objects Panel by selecting the Insert Form button . All the elements of the form will be
inserted within this object to ensure that they will be treated as forms objects by all browsers. A red dotted
line box will appear. This is your form and all form objects must be placed within it.
2. Right click on the form and select Properties from the menu. The Form Properties Window will open.
3. Type a name for your form in the Form Name box.
4. In the Action box type /cgi-bin/submit.
5. Select POST in the Method box.
6. Your form can now be used with the Submit Setup Tool for Web Page Forms on the UNCP system.
ADD A TEXT BOX
To add a text box to your form:
1. Place your cursor within the form (the dotted red lines) on your page.
2. Add a descriptive name for the text box to your page. (Ex. Name:)
3. Move the cursor to the point you want the text box to begin then click on the Insert Text Field icon
on the Forms Toolbar (or from the menu, select Insert, Form Object, Text Field).
4. Right click inside the text box and select Properties from the menu.
a. Enter a name for the text box.
b. In Char Width box, enter the number of characters you would like the text box to display.
c. In Max Chars box, enter the number of characters you would like the text box to contain. If this field is
blank there is no limit placed on the text that may be entered. If the user’s input exceeds the Char Width,
the text will scroll. If the user exceeds the characters allowed, an alert sound is produced.
d. Select the type of text box you want. If you select the multiple line option you may select the number of
lines you wish to display. You may choose to wrap the text. Default or off prevents text from wrapping
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