Are there any of you out there that use Microsoft Word at an advanced level?

I have got an Advanced ECDL book but it's for Word 2000 and I am currently using Word 2003 and it's a bit different.  I am trying to set up some fairly complex documents using syles and forms and keep getting stuck. 

Can anyone help?

What do you need to know exactly ?
I have done the Advanced Level but must admit that alot of it doesnt tend to be used so you forget it ?! :rolleyes:

I'll pm you.  Thanks :-)

I use Word every day - maybe I can help you?  Let me know what you're looking to do and I'll certainly try.

I am trying to produce the "application form" I use for work in a decent format.  The normal way we use it is to store it as a word document then print it out for people to fill in.  I want us to have an e-mail version for us to use 'electronically' and one to print out.  It is about 13 pages long and there are bits that I need to be kept together in sections, the other complication is that it gets changed about on a regular basis.  I do keep it 'locked' so people have now stopped changing it around every time they open it and print it!

I have just got the Advanced ECDL book that explains about outline view, styles, etc and I have just realised that I am probably going completely the wrong way about it.  Perhaps I need to use forms, or text boxes?

Any help would be appreciated.  Although I too use word every day and consider myself to be not too bad I feel this needs looking at from a slightly different angle.

Thanks

It sounds like you need to put it into a .pdf file?

Have you tried putting the different sections in table(s) and/or text boxes - you can hide the table lines so they don't show.

I have never studied Word but do use it a lot, including to prepare and then print an annual stud book which gets very complicated in places :)

Tables are a great way of making up forms. You can put fields into them (drop down etc) which mean you can also make sure people do not muck about with the size of the page etc and they are the best way to keep things together.

Gina

A pdf isn't the answer if you're wanting people to fill it in electronically and e-mail it back, that's only good if they're going to print it, fill it in and send it back to you.  I would use a table and insert "text form fields" (when you put them in they're grey and you use F11 to move from one to the other) for the parts that you want people to put information into.

Gina how do you make sure that the table on one page a) stays the same size all the time and b) people don't split the table over two pages by putting too much text in the fields?

Would something like this work:?

<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <textarea name="textarea" cols="20" rows="10"></textarea>

You can limit the size of the fields so that only a certain amount if info can be added. Excel is great if you want a spreadsheet type form to enter formulas on (maths to me :) ) but I find tables best for written docs. I love fields as they have check boxes if you want to answer 'yes'  and 'no' and drop down fields so you can enter different info and select which you want. I can e mail you a table with different things in to show what I mean if you would like me too?

Gina

Edited to say I use Excel for my husband's invoices as it adds everything up for me (good English but enumerate) but as said find Word better for wordy forms

I would use Excel as you have more editing power ie 'read only' cell editing etc so you can have write only areas for the users to type in, formulas and macro's etc.

I have used it for many types of form eg expense form.

It maybe because I can use excel and word it just a letter writing pice of software in my eyes ! :D

Lucy

Kerioak you've lost me completely!!

Would you need two separate forms, one to print out as hard copy and the other to send as email.  The email you could format as html.  What I posted was a html version of a form - I think it was 60 columns (spaces) and 10 lines as a sample as you said you wanted to restrict the amount of data typed in.

It is like the box we type our replies in on this board - or am I now thinking in completely the wrong direction?