Save a form
When you save a form you have filled out, it is saved with an .xml file name extension. When you save a form in design mode, you are actually saving a form template, which is saved with an .xsn file name extension.
To quickly save a form or form template you are working on, click
Save
on the
Standard toolbar.
on the
Standard toolbar.- On the File menu, click Save.
- In
the Save As dialog box, specify
where you want to save the form.
Note If you want others to have access to your form, save it to a shared location, such as a form library on a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services site.
- In the File name box, type a name for the form, and then click Save.
Save a form template in design mode
- In design mode, click
Save As on the
File menu, and then, when prompted, click Save.
Note If you have finished designing your form template and want to make it available for others to fill out, you must click Publish, and then follow the steps in the Publishing Wizard.
- In the Save As dialog box, specify where you want to save the form.
- In the File name box, type a name for the form.
- To specify an easily recognizable name for the form, which will appear on the Fill Out a Form and Design a Form task panes, click Change Name, and then, in the Change Name dialog box, type a new name for the form.