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Filling a Form
OmniForm Procedures 5-13
Filling a Form
This section describes how to use both Form Assistant and the
Fill
command to open a form and fill it.
Filling Fields With Form Assistant
1 Double-click the OmniForm icon in the OmniForm folder.
Click the Form Assistant button in the standard toolbar if
OmniForm is already open.
Form Assistant appears.
2Select
Fill in a form
and click
Next>.
3 Select which form to use in the next window.
• Select the first option and click S
elect...
to open a form.
Select a form in the Open dialog box and click
Open
to return
to the Form Assistant dialog box.
• Select the second option to work with the current form.
This option is available only if a form is open.
4 Click
Finish>
after you select an option.
OmniForm opens the selected form in Fill View.
See “The Fill View Window” on page 4-6 for a description.
5 Click in a field or press the Tab key to place the cursor in the
first field.
6 Type the information you want to enter. Press the Enter key to
add new lines to the current field.
7 Press the Tab key to move to the next field.
Press Shift-Tab to move to the previous field.
8 Continue to fill fields in this way.
See Chapter 7, Filling a Form, for detailed information on the kinds of
fields you may find on a form and how to fill them.
Using the
Fill
Command
1 If you have a form open and are in Design View, click the Fill
button in the standard toolbar or choose
Fill
in the View menu.
2 Follow steps 5–8 in ”‘Filling Fields With Form Assistant” above.