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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105F9" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="data_forms"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_forms.xhp">Working with Forms</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10617" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Using forms, you can define how to present the data. Open a text document or a spreadsheet and insert the controls such as push buttons and list boxes. In the properties dialogs of the controls, you can define what data the forms should display.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Form With the Form Wizard</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In %PRODUCTNAME, you can create a new form using the <link href="text/shared/autopi/01090000.xhp">Form Wizard</link>:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10632" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new form.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Forms</emph> icon.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1063E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Use Wizard to Create Form</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1064C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new form.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10650" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Forms</emph> icon.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create Form in Design View</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1065F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">A new text document opens. Use the <link href="text/shared/02/01170000.xhp">Form Controls</link> to insert form controls.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN10670" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click the <emph>Forms</emph> icon to access all forms that were created from within the current database window. In addition, you can use the <emph>Form Controls</emph> icons to add database form controls to any Writer or Calc document, but these documents will not be listed in the database window. </paragraph>
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