Creat a Form

Step 1: Set up Word for creating forms
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and afterward click Word Options.
2. Click Popular.
3. Select the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon check box, and then click OK.
Guidelines The Ribbon is a component of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface.
Step 2: Open a template or a document on which to base the form
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click New.
2. Under Templates, click My templates.
3. Double-click Normal, and then click Template or Document under Create New.
4. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Save As.
5. In the Save As dialog box, give the new template or document a file name, and then click Save.
Step 3: Add content controls to the form

Design the form by sketching a layout first, or use an existing form as a guide. In your form, you can add content controls, tables, and other graphics elements.
On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode, and then click where you want to insert a control.

Step 4: Set or change properties for content controls
Each content control has properties that you can set or change. For example, the Date Picker control offers options for the format you want to use to display the date.
1. Right-click the content control that you want to change.
2. Click Properties, and change the properties that you want.
Step 5: Add instructional text to the form
Instructional text can enhance the usability of the form you create and distribute. You can change the default instructional text in content controls.
To customize the default instructional text for your form users, do the following:
1. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode.