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7) Turn Design Mode off and close the two Controls toolbars.
You have now completed the form and your form hopefully looks
something like Figure 408.
Figure 408: Completed form
Finishing touches
The form is complete, but you are free to make further changes to the
document. If you were sending this out to other people to complete,
you would probably want to make the document read-only. The effect
would be that users would be able to fill in the form, but not to make
any other changes to the document.
To make the document read-only, select Tools > Options >
OpenOffice.org > Security > Open this document in read-only
mode.
Note
If the document is read-only, anyone filling in the form will
need to use File > Save as to save the document.
Accessing data sources
The most common use for a form is as the front end of a database. You
can provide a form that allows users to enter information into a
contacts database and, because it is part of a Writer document, the
form can contain all the graphics, formatting, tables and other
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