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What's new in the Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Service Pack

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What's new in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003

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Table of contents

  • Introducing InfoPath
    • Introducing Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003
    • Take an animated tour
    • What's new in the Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Service Pack
    • About working with forms that do not have service pack features
    • Enable or disable service pack features
    • About the InfoPath workspace
    • About forms and form templates
    • Switch between modes
    • About designing new, blank forms
    • Troubleshoot viewing the InfoPath Tour
    • Sample Forms
      • About sample forms
      • Open a sample form
      • Customize a sample form
  • Startup and Settings
    • About product activation in Microsoft Office System products
    • What's new in Microsoft Office 2003
    • Disclaimer: Use of Fictitious Names
    • Terms of Use
    • Getting Help
      • Getting Help on form development
      • Show or hide the Type a question for help box
      • Change the appearance of a Help topic
      • Print a Help topic
      • Navigate the InfoPath Tour with the keyboard
      • Other Resources
        • Open the Office Readme file
        • About the Office Resource Kit
        • Get help from Microsoft Product Support services
        • Microsoft Office Online
          • About Office Communities
          • Complete an Office Web-based training course
          • Search for help, templates, and additional online content on Microsoft Office Online
          • Turn Microsoft Office Online featured links on or off
    • Accessibility
      • Accessibility features in Office Help
      • Using screen readers with Help
      • About creating accessible Office documents
      • Navigate the InfoPath Tour with the keyboard
      • Keyboard Shortcuts
        • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Installing and Customizing
    • Get information about your program and computer
    • Customize how InfoPath starts
    • Set InfoPath as the default program for opening and editing InfoPath forms
    • Enable or disable service pack features
    • Show or hide shortcut keys in ScreenTips
    • Show or hide the Fill Out a Form dialog box
    • Add a form to the Favorites form category
    • Create a form category
    • Give feedback for Microsoft Office Online or an Office program
    • Toolbars and Commands
      • About menus and toolbars
      • Add or delete a shortcut from the My Places bar
      • Animate menus
      • Change the size of a toolbar button or drop-down list box
      • Add a button, menu, or command
      • Delete a button or menu command
      • Delete a toolbar or menu
      • Display an icon, text or both on a menu command or button
      • Change a picture on a button
      • Group related buttons and menus on a toolbar
      • Assign a hyperlink to a toolbar button or menu command
      • Add, change, or delete sounds used with buttons and menu commands
      • Assign or change a keyboard accelerator
      • Move a toolbar
      • Move or copy a button, menu, or menu command
      • Rename a button, menu command, or menu
      • Rename a custom toolbar
      • Resize a toolbar
      • Restore original settings for buttons, commands, or toolbars
      • Show all buttons or commands
      • Show or hide a toolbar
      • Show or hide actual fonts in the font list
      • Show or hide multiple program buttons on the Windows Taskbar
      • Show or hide toolbar ScreenTips
      • Troubleshoot toolbars and menus
    • Troubleshooting Installing Office
      • Automatically repair Office programs
      • Troubleshoot installing an Office program
    • Using Microsoft Office
      • About Microsoft Proofing Tools
      • About the default working folder
      • Automatically start an Office program when you turn on your computer
      • Change Office's appearance
      • Change the language of the user interface or Help in Office programs
      • Copy the window or screen contents
      • Change the screen resolution
      • Change the program that starts when you open a file
      • Format a disk
      • Install or remove individual components in Office
      • Minimize a window
      • Minimize all program windows on the Windows desktop
      • Restore a minimized window
      • Show all windows on the Windows desktop
      • View all hidden file types and file name extensions
      • What happened to the Office Shortcut Bar?
      • Office programs you can use to create an online or printed form
    • Managing Forms and Files
      • Copy a file
      • Find and open a form
      • Move a file
      • Rename a file
      • Delete a file
      • Remove a form from your computer
      • Add a form to the Favorites form category
      • Select multiple files
      • Connect to a network drive
      • Create a form category
      • Go back to the previous drive, folder, or Internet location
  • Printing
    • Printer Setup
      • Find a printer
      • Set the default printer
      • Set up a new printer
    • Print Options
      • Print more than one copy
      • Select a paper source
      • Select page orientation
      • Print background colors and pictures
    • Printing Forms
      • Preview a form before printing
      • Print a form
      • Check the progress of your print job
      • Cancel printing
      • Print a Help topic
      • Change the page margins for a form
      • Design a print view
      • Insert a header or footer
      • Insert a page break
  • Filling Out and Saving Forms
    • Find and open a form
    • Get form updates
    • Export a form to Excel
    • Merge forms
    • About AutoComplete
    • Change AutoComplete settings
    • Find and replace text
    • About forms and form templates
    • Check for data errors in a form
    • Redo your last action
    • Undo mistakes
    • Formatting Text
      • Adjust line or paragraph spacing
      • Remove a list
      • Apply a heading format to text
      • Modify a list
      • Apply bold formatting
      • Apply italic formatting
      • Apply or remove highlighting
      • Apply strikethrough formatting
      • Change the color of text
      • Change the font
      • Change the size of text
      • Copy all formatting from one object to another
      • Make text superscript or subscript
      • Remove formatting from text
      • Underline text
    • Working with Hyperlinks
      • Copy a hyperlink
      • Edit a hyperlink
      • Insert a hyperlink
      • Remove a hyperlink
    • Aligning Text
      • Justify text
      • Indent paragraphs
      • Center text
      • Align text left or right
    • Spell Checking
      • Check spelling
      • Set spelling preferences
      • Show or hide wavy underlines
      • Turn on or off the automatic spelling checker
      • Check spelling in other languages
      • Turn on or off German spelling rules
    • Handwriting and Ink
      • About using ink in InfoPath
      • Switch between typing and writing
      • Add handwritten notes or drawings to a form
    • Inserting Symbols
      • About symbols
      • Type ¢, £, Â¥, ®, and other characters not on the keyboard
      • Insert a symbol
      • Insert the euro and other currency symbols
    • Saving Forms
      • About saving and publishing forms
      • Save a form you've filled out as a Web page
      • Send a form in an e-mail message
      • Save a form
      • Submit a form
    • Working with Tables
      • Add rows or columns to a table
      • Align a table
      • Align the contents of a table cell
      • Change the cell padding of table cells
      • Copy or move a table or its contents
      • Delete a table
      • Delete rows or columns from a table
      • Resize all or part of a table
      • Split or merge table cells
    • Working with SharePoint
      • Add a form to a form library
      • Export data from a form library to a spreadsheet
      • Merge forms in a form library
    • Digital Signatures
      • About digital signatures
      • Add, remove, or review digital signatures when filling out a form
      • Request a digital certificate
    • Working with Pictures
      • Graphics file types InfoPath can use
      • Position a picture relative to text
      • Provide alternative text for a picture
      • Resize a picture
      • Working with Clip Art
        • About the Clip Organizer
        • Add a clip to the Clip Organizer
        • Open Clip Organizer from an Office program
        • About finding clips
        • Find and insert a clip
        • Find similar clips
        • Preview a clip
        • View clip properties
        • Tips for finding clips
        • Troubleshoot clips
  • Designing and Laying Out Forms
    • About form layout
    • Understanding key design mode icons
    • Import a file to use as a form template
    • Add a resource file to a form template
    • Find and replace text
    • Redo your last action
    • Undo mistakes
    • About designing new, blank forms
    • Show or hide a page width guide
    • Specify a custom layout width
    • Enable or disable a custom task pane
    • Enable or disable the Save, Export, Print, or Send command
    • Set the default values for a form
    • Change the default tab order for controls
    • Protect a form's design
    • Layout Tables
      • Use a table for layout purposes
      • Align a table
      • Align the contents of a table cell
      • Change the cell padding of table cells
      • Copy or move a table or its contents
      • Delete a table
      • Delete rows or columns from a table
      • Resize all or part of a table
      • Split or merge table cells
    • Borders and Shading
      • Add a border around a form
      • Add or remove borders and shading
      • Add or remove a background color from a form
    • Color Schemes
      • About color schemes
      • Apply or remove a color scheme
    • Check Spelling
      • Check spelling
      • Set spelling preferences
      • Show or hide wavy underlines
      • Turn on or off the automatic spelling checker
      • Check spelling in other languages
      • Turn on or off German spelling rules
    • Working with Hyperlinks
      • Copy a hyperlink
      • Edit a hyperlink
      • Insert a hyperlink
      • Insert a hyperlink that opens a new e-mail message
      • Remove a hyperlink
    • Working with Pictures
      • Add a background picture to your form
      • Graphics file types InfoPath can use
      • Position a picture relative to text
      • Provide alternative text for a picture
      • Resize a picture
      • Add a picture to a form
      • Working with Clip Art
        • About the Clip Organizer
        • Add a clip to the Clip Organizer
        • Open Clip Organizer from an Office program
        • About finding clips
        • Find and insert a clip
        • Find similar clips
        • Preview a clip
        • View clip properties
        • Tips for finding clips
        • Troubleshoot clips
    • Inserting Symbols
      • About symbols
      • Insert a symbol
      • Insert the euro and other currency symbols
    • Aligning Text
      • Justify text
      • Indent paragraphs
      • Center text
      • Align text left or right
    • Text Formatting
      • Adjust line or paragraph spacing
      • Apply a heading format to text
      • Apply bold formatting
      • Apply italic formatting
      • Apply or remove highlighting
      • Apply strikethrough formatting
      • Change the color of text
      • Change the font
      • Change the size of text
      • Copy all formatting from one object to another
      • Make text superscript or subscript
      • Remove formatting from text
      • Underline text
  • Working with the Data Source
    • About the data source
    • Design a form based on an existing XML document
    • Design a form based on an existing XML Schema
    • Replace the data source with an updated XML Schema
    • Add an XML Schema or XML document to the data source
    • Set the default value for a field in the data source
    • Change the data type
    • Add a field or group
    • Move a field or group
    • Delete a field or group
    • Change the name of a field or group
    • View the details of a field or group
  • Working with Data Connections
    • About data connections
    • Design a form based on a database
    • Design a form based on a Web service
    • Connect a form to a SharePoint site
    • Connect a form to an external XML document
    • Connect an existing form to a database
    • Connect an existing form to a Web service
    • Modify or remove a data connection
    • Update the main data connection to a database or Web service
    • Insert a button that refreshes data from a secondary data source
    • Insert a control bound to a secondary data source
    • Populate a list box with values from a database, Web service, XML document, or SharePoint site
    • Submitting Forms
      • Enable form submission
      • Enable a form to be submitted as an e-mail message
      • Customize options for form submission
      • Submit a form
      • Automatically submit a form by using a rule
  • Working with Views
    • About views and print views
    • Add or delete a view
    • Rename a view
    • Modify view properties
    • Design a print view
    • Set the default view for a form
    • Switch between views when designing a form
    • Automatically switch views in a form
  • Working with User Roles
    • About specifying user roles for forms
    • Add a user role
    • Delete a user role
    • Change the default user role
  • Working with Controls
    • Control Fundamentals
      • About controls
      • Move a control
      • Delete a control
      • Make a control required
      • Copy and paste a control
      • Hide or disable a control based on values in a form
      • Change a control to another control
      • Change the binding of a control
      • Test the binding of a control
      • Apply the same font to multiple controls
      • Add a label to a control
      • Insert a vertical label
      • Assign a keyboard shortcut to a control
      • Insert a control bound to a secondary data source
      • Change text alignment in a control
      • Align text in a control with its label
      • Set the default value for a control
      • Add placeholder text to a control
      • Change the size of a control
      • Insert a scrolling region
      • Change the margins for a control
      • Change the padding in a control
      • Change the properties for multiple controls at once
      • Set a control as read-only
      • Show or hide sample data
      • Enable or disable the spelling checker for a control
    • ActiveX Controls
      • About using ActiveX controls on forms
      • Add or remove an ActiveX control from the Controls task pane
      • Insert an ActiveX control
    • Buttons and Date Pickers
      • Insert a button
      • Insert a date picker
      • Insert a button that refreshes data from a secondary data source
    • Check Boxes and Option Buttons
      • Insert a check box
      • Change the default state of a check box
      • Insert a group of option buttons
    • Choice Groups
      • Insert a choice group
      • Insert a repeating choice group
      • Customize commands for a choice section
    • Ink, Picture, and File Attachment Controls
      • Insert an ink picture control
      • Insert a picture control
      • Insert a file attachment control
    • List Boxes
      • Insert a list box
      • Populate a list box with values from a database, Web service, XML document, or SharePoint site
    • Bulleted, Numbered, and Plain List Controls
      • Remove a list
      • Modify a list
      • Insert a list control
    • Master/Detail Controls
      • About master/detail controls
      • Insert a master/detail control
      • Change the default master/detail relationship
    • Sections
      • Insert a section
      • Insert an optional section
      • Customize commands for an optional section
      • Insert a repeating section
      • Customize commands for a repeating section
      • Insert a repeating recursive section
    • Repeating Tables
      • Insert a repeating table
      • Rearrange columns in a repeating table
      • Customize commands for a repeating table
    • Text Boxes and Expression Boxes
      • Insert a text box
      • Insert a rich text box
      • Insert an expression box
      • Enable or disable character formatting in a control
      • Enable or disable full rich text formatting in a control
      • Enable or disable paragraph breaks in a control
      • Enable or disable text wrapping for a control
      • Specify the character limit for a text box
      • Manage text scrolling in a control
  • Formatting Data
    • Add or remove a currency symbol
    • Add or remove a thousands separator in a number
    • Add or remove percent formatting for a number
    • Change how a date or time is displayed
    • Change how negative numbers are displayed
    • Remove formatting from a date, time, or number
    • Specify the number of decimal places displayed
  • Conditional Formatting
    • About conditional formatting
    • Add conditional formatting
    • Remove conditional formatting
    • Hide or disable a control based on values in a form
  • Calculating Data
    • About formulas and functions
    • Insert a formula
    • Add, subtract, multiply, and divide values
    • Calculate the average for a column of numbers
    • Display the contents of multiple fields in one control
    • Display the current date
    • Display the current date and time
    • Round a number in a control
    • Sum a column of numbers
    • Edit the XPath expression for a formula
  • Validating Data
    • About data validation
    • Add data validation
    • Make a control required
    • Remove data validation
    • Require a specific data entry pattern in a control
  • Defining Rules
    • Add a rule
    • Automatically close a form by using a rule
    • Automatically open a form by using a rule
    • Automatically query by using a data connection
    • Automatically set a field's value
    • Automatically show a dialog box
    • Automatically submit a form by using a rule
    • Automatically switch views in a form
  • Filtering Data
    • About filtering data on a form
    • Add a filter
    • Remove a filter
  • Previewing and Testing Forms
    • About previewing and testing forms
    • Preview a form
    • Test the binding of a control
  • Saving and Publishing Forms
    • About saving and publishing forms
    • Publish a form template
    • Send a form in an e-mail message
    • Save a form
    • Save a form template's form files to a folder
    • Save a form template without service pack features
    • Run script when a user saves a form
    • Specify a form upgrade method
    • Add service pack features to a form template
    • Modify an existing form template
    • Move a published form template to a new location
    • Working with Form Libraries
      • About sharing forms on a SharePoint site
      • Create a form library on a SharePoint site
      • Add, remove, or modify form library columns on a SharePoint site
      • Add a form to a form library
      • Export data from a form library to a spreadsheet
      • Merge forms in a form library
      • Modify a form template from a form library
  • Merging Forms
    • Enable or disable form merging
    • Design a form for merging
    • Merge forms
    • Merge forms in a form library
  • Understanding XML
    • How InfoPath uses XML technologies
    • About XML
    • About XSLT
    • About XML Schemas
    • About XPath
    • About namespaces
    • About processing instructions
    • About the XML DOM
    • About XML processors
    • About XML Signatures
  • Security and Privacy
    • Security
      • About security features of InfoPath
      • Form Security
        • Set the required security level for a form
        • Allow trusted forms to access files and settings on your computer
        • Mark a site as trusted to disable security messages
        • Protect a form's design
      • Digital Signatures
        • About digital signatures
        • Add, remove, or review digital signatures when filling out a form
        • Enable or disable digital signatures
        • Request a digital certificate
        • Digitally sign a form template
    • Privacy
      • Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Privacy Statement
      • Microsoft Office Activation/Registration Privacy Statement
  • Language-Specific Features
    • Select diacritics or ligated characters
    • Delete diacritics, ligatures, and special marks in South Asian text
    • Search Japanese text
    • Check spelling in other languages
    • Turn on or off German spelling rules
    • Language Setup
      • About the global interface and Microsoft Office Multilingual User Interface Pack
      • About multilingual features in Office
      • Requirements for specific languages
      • Change the default language setting
      • Install system support for multiple languages
      • Install the universal font for Unicode
      • Change the default country/region
      • Locale identification numbers for language-specific files
      • Remove commands and controls for languages you don't use
      • Enable editing of multiple languages in Office programs
      • Show or hide the Language bar
      • Use a keyboard layout for a specific language
    • Indic
      • About Indic language features in Office
      • About finding and replacing characters in Indic, South Asian, or right-to-left languages
      • About automatically checking the correct sequence of characters in Indic languages
    • East Asian
      • Adjust line breaks for East Asian text
      • Automatically adjust character spacing for mixed East Asian and Latin text
      • Input Method Editors (IME)
        • About Input Method Editors (IMEs)
        • Install an Input Method Editor (IME)
        • Set the default Input Method Editor (IME)
  • Glossary
    • InfoPath Glossary

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