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Add form controls
The next step is to add the form controls to the document. We will have
four controls:
• Name is a text box
• Sex is two option buttons, male or female.
• Favourite shape is a list of options.
• All shapes you like is a series of check boxes.
To add these controls:
1) Select View > Toolbars > Form Controls to open the Form
Control toolbar.
2) If the tools are not active, click the Form Navigator button (on
the Form Control toolbar) to activate them. If necessary, also click
the Design Mode On/Off button.
3) Click the Text Box button , then click in the document and,
with the left mouse button held down, drag the shape of the
Name text box to approximately the size you want.
4) Make sure the Wizards On/Off button is on (shaded with a
border). Click the More Controls button to launch the More
Controls toolbar.
5) On the More Controls toolbar, click the Group Box button .
Draw a group box by the Sex: entry to launch the Group Element
Wizard.
6) On the first page of the wizard, enter two names for the options
fields: Male and Female. Click Next>> three times, delete the
caption and click Finish.
7) Now create the list box. On the Form Controls toolbar, click the
Wizards On/Off button to turn wizards off. Click the List Box
button and draw a list box by Favourite Shape: in the
document. This will just be an empty pane for now.
8) Finally create four check boxes by All the shapes you like. Click
on the Check Box button and then draw out four check
boxes, side by side across the page.
You should now have a document looking something like Figure 407.
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