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I'm new to forms, please help.
Hello,
I am very new to forms, I have never done one before. What I want to do, I feel is VERY basic in form design, so if possible I'd appreciate step by step instructions.
I would like to use a normal e-mail, except make the body of the e-mail smaller and add in a few fields.
Fields I want to add to a normal e-mail.
1.) Company Name (text box)
2.) Contact Name (text box)
3.) Contact Number (text box)
4.) Date customer cancelled with other carrier (text box, but formatted for dates)
5.) Who they spoke to (text box)
6.) Confirmation number for cancel (text box)
and then the body of the e-mail, would be left for notes if needed.
I hope this makes sense. I am just very unsure of how to pull this off. I am also unsure of what I have to do, in order for the person to recieve this, to see it as well.
I am very new to forms, I have never done one before. What I want to do, I feel is VERY basic in form design, so if possible I'd appreciate step by step instructions.
I would like to use a normal e-mail, except make the body of the e-mail smaller and add in a few fields.
Fields I want to add to a normal e-mail.
1.) Company Name (text box)
2.) Contact Name (text box)
3.) Contact Number (text box)
4.) Date customer cancelled with other carrier (text box, but formatted for dates)
5.) Who they spoke to (text box)
6.) Confirmation number for cancel (text box)
and then the body of the e-mail, would be left for notes if needed.
I hope this makes sense. I am just very unsure of how to pull this off. I am also unsure of what I have to do, in order for the person to recieve this, to see it as well.
ASKER
SeanConnolly,
I am unable to find anything that makes sense to me on there. All I have found by searching was a link to buy thier book...?
I am unable to find anything that makes sense to me on there. All I have found by searching was a link to buy thier book...?
CT
Whoops! Don't know what happened there. Try linking to here:
http://www.slipstick.com
and then selecting the forms radio button on the right hand side of the page. Then click on the Favorite Searches button.
One of the links you should now see includes this one:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mssampleapps.htm
Which you may find helpful.
Whoops! Don't know what happened there. Try linking to here:
http://www.slipstick.com
and then selecting the forms radio button on the right hand side of the page. Then click on the Favorite Searches button.
One of the links you should now see includes this one:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mssampleapps.htm
Which you may find helpful.
ASKER
Hmm,...
If I'm looking at the right thing, all there is - are samples. Nothing showing how you actually pull all this off. I'll download some samples tonight & maybe I can customize it for myself.
If I'm looking at the right thing, all there is - are samples. Nothing showing how you actually pull all this off. I'll download some samples tonight & maybe I can customize it for myself.
Chris
I thought working through some samples would enable you to understand more easily how to customise a form - if you don't get on with them let me know and we can try something else.
I thought working through some samples would enable you to understand more easily how to customise a form - if you don't get on with them let me know and we can try something else.
ASKER
My name is Jay. :)
Um, I have already viewed some sample templates that are already in Outlook. But I am very lost with it. I don't even know how to add a text box, except from dragging a preset box in the list thing that pops up. Eh, I'm really lost with all this.
Basically what would be helpful is this....
Would you be able to give me step by step instructions on how to add one text box to an existing e-mail form? As basic as the normal e-mail, except there will be a field for "Contact Name". If I know the steps involved with that, I'm sure I'd be able to put it all together myself. Being that the form I want now is very basic & nothing complex as of yet.
Um, I have already viewed some sample templates that are already in Outlook. But I am very lost with it. I don't even know how to add a text box, except from dragging a preset box in the list thing that pops up. Eh, I'm really lost with all this.
Basically what would be helpful is this....
Would you be able to give me step by step instructions on how to add one text box to an existing e-mail form? As basic as the normal e-mail, except there will be a field for "Contact Name". If I know the steps involved with that, I'm sure I'd be able to put it all together myself. Being that the form I want now is very basic & nothing complex as of yet.
Jay (not Chris!)
What version of Outlook are you using?
What version of Outlook are you using?
ASKER
2000 (work)
I was going to go home & test things out on 2003 though at home.
I was going to go home & test things out on 2003 though at home.
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How about this for a useful series of links to forms resources:
http://www.slipstick.com/_fdse/search.pl
There are definitely several there that are aimed at novice users.