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Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Glossary
- Welcome
- Installation and Setup
- Form Usage
- OmniForm Procedures
- Designing a Form
- The Design Process
- The Design View Window
- The Design View Toolbars
- Creating Objects on a Form
- General Creation Guidelines
- Creating a Text Object
- Creating a Line Object
- Creating an Oval Object
- Creating a Rectangle Object
- Adding Graphics to Your Form
- Creating a Fill Text Object
- Creating a Comb Object
- Creating a Check Box Object
- Creating a Circle Text Object
- Creating a Table Object
- Creating a Fill Graphic Object
- Defining Objects on a Form
- Changing Object Appearance on a Form
- Adding Color to a Form
- Adjusting Colors
- Editing a Form
- Advanced Features
- Filling a Form
- Managing an OmniForm Database
- Using Calculations
- Technical Information
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Defining a Fill Graphic Object....................................................................................84
Setting Serial Numbers................................................................................................85
Changing Object Appearance on a Form.........................................................................86
Adding Color to a Form .....................................................................................................92
Adjusting Colors..................................................................................................................94
Editing a Form .....................................................................................................................95
Selecting an Object .......................................................................................................95
Moving an Object .........................................................................................................96
Resizing an Object........................................................................................................96
Deleting an Object........................................................................................................97
Formatting Text ............................................................................................................97
Merging Text.................................................................................................................99
Formatting a Table .......................................................................................................99
Breaking a Table Apart..............................................................................................100
Aligning Objects on a Form......................................................................................101
Sending Objects Front or Back .................................................................................102
Changing Tab Order on a Form...............................................................................103
Placing Objects in Table Cells...................................................................................106
Converting an Object to Another Type of Object..................................................107
Chapter 5
Advanced Features
Setting up a Form for Automated Data Entry...............................................................110
Creating a New AutoFill List ...................................................................................110
Create or Use an AutoFill List From Another Source...........................................113
Automatically Fill Fields on a Form........................................................................119
Creating an AutoFill List and Automatically Fill Fields ......................................126
Replacing Data Entered in a Field With New Data...............................................131
Creating AutoFills for Tables ...................................................................................132
Setting Attributes for a Form...........................................................................................134
Setting Up a Shared Form.........................................................................................134
Setting Summary Information..................................................................................135
Setting Submission Information...............................................................................136
Adding Security to Your Forms ......................................................................................137
Creating a User Database..........................................................................................137
Creating Signature Fields..........................................................................................140
Filling/Signing Signature Fields..............................................................................141
Verifying Signature Fields ........................................................................................142
Adding Hyperlinks to Your Forms.................................................................................143
Using the Scrapbook .........................................................................................................144
What Is the Scrapbook? .............................................................................................144
Inserting OLE Objects in a Form .....................................................................................148
Linking and Embedding ...........................................................................................148
How to Insert OLE Objects .......................................................................................149
Creating a New OLE Object .....................................................................................150
Creating an OLE Object From a File........................................................................151