NewsForge: How to Create OpenOffice.org Forms

“In some situations, you want to create a document that contains
some fixed text, but allows users to enter some items and perhaps
take some actions on those items. Such a document is called a form,
analogous to the preprinted forms everyone has filled out dozens of
times. You can create custom forms in most of the OOo applications;
forms you create without the Form AutoPilot don’t have to connect
to a data source (though they can — see ‘How do I attach a data
source to a form?’ below). If the form isn’t connected to a data
source, information the user enters there is simply saved with the
form. (You might do that when you want to send a form to a group of
people for them to fill out and return.) Writer, HTML Editor, Calc,
Impress, and Draw all support forms…”

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