Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Help
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Table of contents
Introducing InfoPath
Take an animated tour
About the InfoPath workspace
Switch between modes
About forms and form templates
About form development
About sample forms
Navigate the InfoPath Tour by using the keyboard
Troubleshoot viewing the InfoPath Tour
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
About getting help while you work
Show or hide the Type a question for help box
Change the appearance of a Help topic
Print a Help topic
Getting Help on form development
Identify content in the Search Results task pane
Troubleshoot Help
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
Give feedback for Microsoft Office Online or an Office program
Accessibility
Accessibility features in Office Help
Using screen readers with Help
About creating accessible Office documents
Navigate the InfoPath Tour by using the keyboard
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Installing and Customizing
Get information about your program and computer
Add or delete a shortcut from the My Places bar
Show or hide shortcut keys in ScreenTips
Install or remove individual components in Office
Toolbars and Commands
About menus and toolbars
Add a button, menu, or command
Animate menus
Change the size of a toolbar button or drop-down list box
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
Remove commands and controls for languages you don't use
Group related buttons and menus on a toolbar
Assign a hyperlink to a toolbar button or menu command
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 toolbar ScreenTips
Troubleshoot toolbars and menus
Troubleshooting Installing Office
Automatically repair Office programs
Troubleshoot installing an Office program
Using Microsoft Office
About the default working folder
Automatically start an Office program when you turn on your computer
Change Office's appearance
Copy the window or screen contents
Change the screen resolution
Change the program that starts when you open a file
Format a disk
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
Show or hide multiple program buttons on the Windows Taskbar
Managing Files
Find and open a form
Copy a file
Move a file
Rename a file
Delete a file
Select multiple files
Connect to a network drive
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
Select a paper source
Select page orientation
Print more than one copy
Printing Forms
Print a form
Preview a form before printing
Check the progress of your print job
Cancel printing
Filling Out Forms
Find and open a form
Form Fundamentals
Text Formatting
Apply bold formatting
Type ¢, £, ¥, ®, and other characters not on the keyboard
Apply italic formatting
Apply strikethrough formatting
Change the color of text
Change the font
Apply or remove highlighting
Change the size of text
Remove formatting from text
Make text superscript or subscript
Underline text
Apply a heading format to text
Align text left or right
Center text
Justify text
Indent text
AutoComplete
About AutoComplete
Change AutoComplete settings
Hyperlinks
Insert a hyperlink
Copy a hyperlink
Edit a hyperlink
Remove a hyperlink
Graphics
Insert a picture
Position a picture relative to text
Resize a picture
Provide alternative text for a picture
Graphics file types InfoPath can use
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
Find and Replace
Find and replace text
Repeat and Undo
Undo mistakes
Redo your last action
Working with Data
Tables
Align contents of a table cell
Align a table
Change the cell padding of table cells
Copy or move a table or its contents
Split or merge table cells
Resize all or part of a table
Delete rows or columns from a table
Delete a table
Insert a table
Add rows and columns to a table
Lists
Modify a list
Remove a list
Insert a list
Sections
Copy and paste a section
Remove a section
Insert a section
Working with Views
About views
Switch between views
Correcting Forms
Spell Checking
Check spelling
Check spelling in other languages
Turn on or off automatic spelling checker
Show or hide wavy underlines
Set spelling preferences
Turn on or off German spelling rules
Data Errors
About data validation
Check for data errors in a form
Saving and Sharing Forms
About saving and publishing forms
About sharing your forms with others
Save a form
Save a form as a Web page
Submit a form
Send a form using e-mail
Importing and Exporting Forms
Merge multiple forms
Export a form to Excel
Designing Forms
Find and open a form
Understanding key design mode icons
Working with the Data Source
About the data source
Starting with an Existing Data Source
Sample Forms, XML Schemas, and XML Documents
Design a form based on an existing XML document
Design a form based on an existing XML Schema
Customize a sample form
Databases and Web Services
Design a form connected to a Web service
Design a form connected to a database
Working with Fields and Groups
Add a field or group
Change the name of a field or group
Change the data type
Move a field or group
View the details of a field or group
Delete a field or group
Setting Default Values
Set the default value for a control
Set the default values for a form
Laying Out a Form
About form design
About form layout
About color schemes
Apply a color scheme
Add or remove borders and shading
Add a border around a form
Working with Views
About views
Add or delete a view
Rename a view
Modify view properties
Set the default view
Switch between views
Working with Controls
About controls
Inserting Controls
Insert a button
Insert a hyperlink
Insert a picture
Insert a check box
Insert a control into a section
Insert a date picker
Insert a list box
Insert an optional section
Insert a repeating section
Insert a rich text box
Insert a text box
Insert a section
Insert a list
Insert a table
Insert option buttons
Insert an ink picture control
Add rows and columns to a table
Customizing Controls
Add a label to a control
Add placeholder text to a control
Change a control to another control
Change AutoComplete settings
Change text alignment in a control
Change the padding in a control
Change the margins for a control
Change the size of a control
Change the default state of a check box
Change the binding of a control
Copy and paste a control
Delete a control
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 the spelling checker for a control
Enable or disable text wrapping for a control
Manage text scrolling in a control
Move a control
Rearrange columns in a repeating table
Set a control as read-only
Setting Default Values
Set the default value for a control
Set the default values for a form
Customizing Commands
Customize menu and toolbar commands for a repeating section
Customize commands for an optional section
Customize menu and toolbar commands for a repeating table
Set options for form submission
Validating and Formatting Data
Data Validation
About data validation
Add data validation
Make a control required
Remove data validation
Conditional Formatting
About conditional formatting
Add or change conditional formatting
Add conditional formatting based on another control
Hide a control based on values in a form
Remove conditional formatting
Number and Date Formatting
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
Specify the number of decimal places displayed
Creating Formulas
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide values
Calculate the average of a column of numbers
Count the instances of a field
Display the contents of two fields in one control
Display the row number in a repeating table
Sum a column of numbers
Setting Options for Your Users
Enable form submission
Design a form connected to a Web service
Enable a custom task pane
Design a form connected to a database
Set options for form submission
Enable or disable form merging for a form template
Add a resource file to a form template
Previewing and Testing Forms
About previewing and testing forms
Preview a form
Show or hide sample data
Saving and Distributing Forms
About saving and publishing forms
Publish a form template
Save a form
Save a form template's form files to a folder
Modifying and Upgrading Forms
About modifying a published form template
About upgrading forms
Modify a form library's form template
Specify a form upgrade method
Working with Form Libraries
About form libraries
Create a form library
Add, remove, or modify form library columns
Modify a form library's form template
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
About InfoPath security
Security
Form Security
About helping protect files from macro viruses
Protect your form's design
Set security options for installed forms
About security zones
Set a security level for a zone
Digital Signatures
About digital signatures
Add, remove, or review digital signatures
Enable or disable digital signatures
Request a digital certificate
Privacy
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Privacy Statement
Microsoft Office Activation/Registration Privacy Statement
Language-Specific Features
About automatic font switching
Check spelling in other languages
Show or hide the Language bar
Turn on or off German spelling rules
Troubleshoot working in a different language
Language Setup
About Microsoft Proofing Tools
Requirements for specific languages
Change the default language setting
Change the language of the user interface or Help in Office programs
Install system support for multiple languages
Change the default country/region
Locale identification numbers for language-specific files
Remove commands and controls for languages you don't use
Use a keyboard layout for a specific language
Encoded Text Files and Unicode
Install the universal font for Unicode
East Asian
Adjust line breaks for East Asian text
Automatically adjust character spacing for mixed East Asian and Latin text
Reconvert Japanese, Traditional Chinese, or Simplified Chinese text
Review a file by using Reconversion
Add or delete Hanja in a custom dictionary
Input Method Editors (IME)
About Input Method Editors (IMEs)
Install an Input Method Editor (IME)
Add a word to an Input Method Editor (IME) dictionary
Set the default Input Method Editor (IME)
Glossary
InfoPath Glossary
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