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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 ¢, £, ¥, ®, 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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