How to Create a Fillable Form in Word | Microsoft Word Tutorials

Create a fully customisable fillable form in word with the easy to follow, step-by-step tutorial. From titles, form boxes, tick boxes and headings. Find out how to align and insert all the elements you need to create a form you can send to anyone.
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Within all my tutorials I aim to help you develop your skills working within Word, Excel and Powerpoint as well as further your knowledge about the tools which are available within the Microsoft Office Software.
Throughout this channel I aim to cover simple subjects such as page numbers, margins, headers and footers, image, pictures and fonts as well as more advanced themes such as tables, mail merge, table of contents and electronic signatures.
Sharing tips and tricks which I discover along my journey is also an important aspect of this channel. I love the idea of giving people the solution to a problem they’ve been struggling with in Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint.
The channel began all because of a problem I had when I had to insert images into a Word Document. I couldn’t find a way to drag and drop multiple images into a table without them expanding across the page, being cropped or interfering with the rest of the text. It wasn’t until I finally sat down one day, determined to find the solution and developed a way to solve the problem. Having found the problem quite difficult to solve without knowing how to do it I decided to make a You Tube video about it. Never once believing that many people would watch it, let alone be so grateful.
After discovering how helpful a simple tutorial could be I decided to make further videos with the aim of once again helping as many people as possible.
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[@anthonypaladino1006]

Yea - I finally did it, I created my purchase receipt and saved it as a template and created a folder to put it in and have easy access too . THANK YOU !!

[@LisaDoe]

That's brilliant, well done you. So glad it all helped.

[@asmith6173]

This is the most helpful video I’ve watched! You showed every step. I spent hours at work trying to create a form similar to this and I was drawing my own tables and had formatting issues up the wazoo. And I’d never even thought of using text boxes to move stuff around! I’d always tried just using tabs and lining stuff up. God bless you for sharing your knowledge with people for free. This video was exactly what I needed!!!

[@LisaDoe]

Thank you for your wonderful comment and I'm really glad it helped you :))

[@ramelemolaga4317]

Can i do this in excel?

[@tourneo-custom]

Great video, many thanks. Covered all the bases at a user-friendly pace. Very much appreciated.

[@D_S_88]

This is amazing. Thank you. I'm doing a project for a class in college and part of the course curriculum is to make a job application form. This is exactly what I was looking for!!!!

[@LisaDoe]

Brilliant. I'm so glad it helped. Good luck with the project.

[@kevinerickson1618]

Thank you. Solved all the problems I've been having with forms.

[@LisaDoe]

Awesome.

[@therobertsuk8498]

Hi, I would have used CTRL +D to duplicate the tick boxes, rather than CTrL +C, then CTRL +V. Find it quicker. I thought this was going to be on how to create a form in which the curser automatically goes to the next text entry field, but found it more about an indepth tables exercise. Well described though!

[@gordontulloch4248]

This is generally excellent, thanks very much. A practical example, with great detail. Only minor criticism I'd make is that there is some duplication in the latter stages, making an already long video a little too long. I am starting a new job soon, in which I will be creating forms, I'll be copying the ideas here and using tables and text boxes.

[@ronspi]

Thank you for the video. This is very complicated and requires a lot of time. Try using Content Control (under the Developer tab - you'll have to turn it ON first) to create Yes/No and fillable boxes in seconds. But above all, you will be able to lock all the other text on the page and only allow a person to fill in where you want their input.

[@katelynboeppler4913]

How do you turn it on on windows on MacBook?

[@ronspi]

@@katelynboeppler4913 I provided a link here, but it was removed. Please run a search about Content Control for Mac and you'll find a few great explanations and instructions on how to make it happen.

[@EmilyCruz-Pineda]

This comment is FANTASTIC. thank you!

[@tkulima]

Appreciate your training. Solved many unanswered questions I never seem to have the time to figure out as a part-timer. Would appreciate development and design for self-study lesson training e-docs, mentor eguide, and learning ejournal.

[@aleciaspencer6208]

Felt like a pro working in an office after i learnt serveral things from this video💅🏾🖋Thank u Lisa👍🏻

[@LisaDoe]

You are so welcome!

[@kaitlyntubbs8264]

I used the development tab to insert usable check boxes. And if you want to protect your form but allow some fields to be changed, I could do that with the dev tab too.

[@cf648]

Please explain and what version of word are you using? I did this at work a few years back but cant find it in my personal office 365 developer tab ! [e-mail] Thanks Christine

[@nancyschisler1501]

Lisa, I figured out my problem with grids.

[@danyurrealtor]

Thank you Lisa! Very Helpful! Please do more.

[@LisaDoe]

Rehearsing another video today for upload tomorrow.

[@topgato98]

Great! well explained and so helpful to finally be able to understand it and create my own version. Fantastic and Thank You so much! Cheers!

[@LisaDoe]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nicokmi7436]

this was incredibly helpful. thank you so much!

[@LisaDoe]

You're welcome.

[@debbiemedina8089]

I learned a lot from watching this video. Thank you so much. I do have a question. Is there any way of creating fillable forms where after creating the document, it won't shift or move the document down...like filling in a PDF Form? I've tried using the Developer and restrict editing, but the form still moves. I'm trying to create these forms without converting it into a PDF Form.

[@nancyschisler1501]

Super helpful on my first fillable-form attempt. Thanks!

[@paulgrenauer9587]

Very helpful, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you......!

[@sachindey3242]

Thank you so much for this, it really helped me in my college assignments

[@LisaDoe]

You're so welcome!

[@BharathKoyalkar]

Hello Lisa, I like your video content and explanation. I have a request for you..could you please make a video on how to create an acting application form using word. Thanks in advance.

[@LisaDoe]

Yes I can

[@JapanesewithVishal]

Just wanna say you that "i love you" it helps alot

[@texasovertimelawyers]

Thanks to your video. I have checked off one of the To Do's I wanted to complete during this pandemic.

[@LisaDoe]

That's great news. Well Done!

[@annettedillen3743]

This is the best video I've seen on how to create a form. Wonderful work!

[@erickufo]

Excellent video. Did I miss the part of how to lock the form and only be able to write on the specified boxes?

[@anthonyhead7727]

This element was not mentioned but like you its the bit i wanted to know.

[@tehilapraise1964]

Awesome. I love your step by step explanations. God bless you. And bless me to be like this

[@LisaDoe]

That's a really lovely comment, thank you.

[@juliedwards2022]

So very helpful!!

[@DavidEllzeyAwaken]

Lisa thank you so very much! A question that I have scoured the comments for in this and others of your videos, is how to save the document with fillable fields in a way that a person can fill in the fields, but not be free to move other elements of the document. Perhaps I missed it? In another video you speak of using the "Developer" to lock in place, but that seemed to lock even the fields. I'd appreciate your help. Thanks.

[@alfsilva]

Many thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@BH-pn9py]

Best A-Z tutorial for fillable form

[@LisaDoe]

Glad you think so! Thank you :))

[@SCRIPTERSYT]

Thank you so much.. it helped a lot 😊

[@LisaDoe]

You're welcome 😊

[@scooo0ooobz715]

Thank you Lisa

[@nahromusa6133]

Madam Lisa ... You are great teacher. Thank you with all my heart. It very useful video for me.

[@LisaDoe]

You are welcome!

[@ayeshabansradj7388]

It's very helpful. Thank you so much.

[@MK25625]

Hi Lisa, thank you very much for the video! I have a question regarding the Word programmer in the Text Type form field, it is possible to modify and increase the number of characters in "Expression", when the type is selected in "Calculation". I need to execute an expression with more characters than is allowed. Thank you!

[@brucewang2035]

Wonderful, thank you!

[@PhilippeDeLange]

I never recommend to reduce the left margin too much, since people may want to print the form later on and punch it for filing. I always prefer to leave a margin of 0.8" for that purpose

[@saurabhpawase3550]

exactly what i need thank you

[@uniquefall6952]

My attention was sparked by your last post !! Furthermore, I thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with this collection of Microsoft Word form-building techniques. It's really worth watching, and it helped me progress in my learning because I'm a beginner. I wish you the best of !! :)

[@LisaDoe]

Thank you for your wonderful comment. I'm glad the tutorials are helping :)

[@GoldenDIY]

Looks great! Thank you. I'll be sure to consult this video whenever I make forms in the future. The form looked very professional!

[@LisaDoe]

Thank you :)

[@MadOldBiker]

A nice common sense guide and exactly what I needed..thank you very much..great vid !

[@LisaDoe]

Glad it helped

[@samsonogbuma9172]

Omg... You just saved me my job... Thanks a bunch 🙏🏾

[@LisaDoe]

Glad I could help!

[@haubhau1934]

thankyou for the video it really helped.

[@Daniel-jm8vf]

I learned a lot in this video, I feel I have to pay you for it ;) great work thanks so much and thumbs up + favorite

[@LisaDoe]

Glad it was helpful!

[@user-ky4ny2ri3u]

thanks a lot, solved my problem in making a job card for aircraft component maintenance

[@LisaDoe]

Fantastic. I love to know how people have used the forms.

[@sarahs3980]

Thank you!

[@LisaDoe]

You're welcome!

[@SonjonesHallow-hm4ki]

Thanks that was so helpful 😊😊

[@blademanu7]

Excellent information thank you 🙏

[@haajarhilmi2996]

This was very helpful. Thank you so much ❤

[@LisaDoe]

A pleasure :)

[@josephcosgroveF4fl]

I just admire your attention to detail. Thanks for sharing.

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Why not use the 'Developer' tab with the form options and then insert drop down menus into your form.

[@privateprivate6377]

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[@howiecarnivore]

Right? I was looking for that and just wasted 30 min of my life watching this!

[@tetiesessoms1300]

Is there a video on how to use the Developer Tab to do this? Any recommendations?

[@jilladams7406]

@@tetiesessoms1300 www.online-tech-tips.com/ms-office-tips/how-to-create-fillable-forms-in-word/

[@kueen7538]

Thank you! So informative and well explained!

[@LisaDoe]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cmccabe07921]

Nice video. Couple questions. Which do you prefer for custom formatting, tables or text boxes? Also, for the checkboxes in the form, how do you limit what types of values to display there, e.g. Checkmark symbol or blank only??

[@LisaDoe]

Thanks for the comment. I prefer tables as they're versatile but keep things aligned and organised. This video should help with the second question:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2rQkmibor1-gZY

[@aimeeparmeter5525]

This video was so very helpful! Thank you! 😁

[@LisaDoe]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@mango8349]

Thanks your better than my Computer teacher

[@French4ForeignLegionnaires]

Hi Lisa, as Promised I gave your site a mention on my new web channel. I even left a link in the comments section below. Thanks for posting a great channel, Joseph.

[@LisaDoe]

Thank you Joe. That's really kind of you. I hope you have every success with your channel. I've become a subscriber.

[@dallasmove537]

Super informative and a lovely voice to boot.

[@LisaDoe]

Thank you.

[@darinad4984]

Thank you, so helpful !

[@LisaDoe]

Glad it was helpful!

[@twistedreader870]

Awesome tutorial, thank you...

[@LisaDoe]

You are welcome!

[@kellyw.614]

Wow! excellent demonstration! I'm off to create. Thanks

[@LisaDoe]

That's great news. Happy creating!! :)

[@tommygunn2782]

Wow, what a great job. Looks so professional. Definitely going to use this technique.

[@LisaDoe]

Thanks so much 😊

[@nyking9876]

Thanks a lot !!!

[@NinaRogoff]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you very much!

[@LisaDoe]

You're very welcome!

[@kirbatbarunetwork]

Thanks Lisa... This give idea.... helpful...

[@LisaDoe]

Glad it was helpful!

[@maddoggsr49]

Great Video thanks

[@dtp2dps667]

very nice, created and explained

[@LisaDoe]

Thank you 🙂

[@mdsibgatulla6390]

Very nice It is really helpful , Thanks very much

[@LisaDoe]

You are most welcome

[@Al-Dhahabi04]

Thank you so much ma’am

[@LisaDoe]

Most welcome 😊

[@ponymoore6140]

Brilliant!

[@derrickdenton2580]

Used this as a guide to make a form for my nonprofit!!!

[@LisaDoe]

Awesome :)

[@lizconquest2889]

This is great. Is there any way that the data from the fillable can be transferred to a database? I'm using it as an athlete sign in sheet and would like to not have to save or print each individual form.

[@deboralugo333]

Thank you I love ❤️ the you take you time special for people like me never do that stuff and is my first time do it .. so appreciate you love ❤️ and passion to teach us thank you God bless you ..,

[@LisaDoe]

Thank you for such a wonderful comment, you're very kind. Really glad you're finding the tutorials helpful. :)))

[@vmeza2331213]

Omg!! You are amazing. I have a quick question. How do you lock a cell from resizing when you type inside it? I can’t figure it out. I want the cell to stay the same size as I type inside it.

[@tausifrahman8928]

Excellent video Lisa. Very comprehensive. I just have another observation. When I paste an object, say a rectangle in a cell, the object at on end has an icon of 'anchor' and at the other end another icon which gives various settings like'In line with text' , 'In front of text' etc. The setting of that rectangle thus is not as easy as your square symbols because of that anchor icon. Moreover, a part of that rectangle is not visible in print preview either. Any suggestions, please? Thanks

[@LisaDoe]

Select the object, right click, Wrap text, Above text. Try that.

[@tausifrahman8928]

@@LisaDoe Problem solved. Thanks a lot

[@nadash3821]

Thank you sooooo much for sharing such a nice video. Love you!

[@LisaDoe]

Thank you.

[@STHLM8]

Awesome tutorial!! Thanks!

[@nwanduchikeluba4094]

Thank you, Lisa.

[@ahsanbilal3554]

Amazing

[@LisaDoe]

Thanks

[@KINGABDUL99]

Great video wow nice

[@rhodorareyes8246]

thank you so much, ive watched this and learned a lot from you, thank thank you 😇😘

[@LisaDoe]

You are so welcome!

[@marcschouten8496]

Thanks a lot this was very helpful

[@LisaDoe]

Glad it helped

[@edisonmendoza5692]

OMG, it really worked. Thank you so much!!

[@LisaDoe]

You're welcome!

[@nsikakobongeyakz4032]

thanks a lot Ma Lisa this video was so informative.... i owe you a billion lol... thanks a lot

[@LisaDoe]

You're so welcome! Really glad it helped.

[@nsikakobongeyakz4032]

@@LisaDoe thanks a lot I was able to prepare a handover note for my office. Am so grateful... thanks for this classic video

[@pambr2]

Thanks so much for your videos! I've watched a few now as I'm trying to get my department more electronic. I'm wondering about getting the text to wrap in the boxes rather than stay on one line and get smaller. I know you can add a few hard returns to make a box larger, or the height adjustment, but when I type in the box all typing is on one line and won't wrap. In some cases it gets smaller and some it just disappears off the page. In still others it makes the boxes on the same row shrink to try to accommodate the longer text. So frustrating!

[@LisaDoe]

Right click in the table cell and go to 'format cells' within a dialogue box it should have 'wrap text' within the cell.

[@pambr2]

Thank you. I’ll keep looking but on my PC I’m not seeing that option.

[@mohammedabdurrahman6648]

Best Explainer and very useful Gave detailed review

Excellent tutorial! Just one question (for now, lol), how do you make the boxes you created to be check boxes? Or does Word know what it is?

[@stacysherron8753]

Thanks for the video. I only have two questions. What format do you save it in to be editable? And will your customers be able to put a check in the boxes?

[@LisaDoe]

This is just a printable fillable form. For online forms you will need this video:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2rQkmibor1-gZY

[@aiceheadoffice5273]

very nice....Thanks...

[@lindasomerhalder5618]

Thank You so much. I am 76 yrs. young and enjoy keeping up with WORD. First, your voice calms me. Your pace is perfect and I learn so much so fast. Is this the best way to communicate with you? I noticed that when I typed up this comment I had to sign in which is not always required by other videos. I like that feature for you and me. Very nice. Does that mean you have some control of the posts which are visible to the public. If so I would like to ask if there is a way to make a post with out my full name. Thank you

[@LisaDoe]

Hi Linda, Thank you so much for your lovely comment. At present, this is the only way to contact me but I'm not sure why you had to sign in? I don't have control over which comments the public can see as all my comments are visible accept anything which is offensive.

[@OMGAnotherday]

Yes very helpful 👍🏼

[@ukhan1715]

Thank you so much respected

[@LisaDoe]

My pleasure

[@karonturipa6203]

great video thank you lisa i learnt heaps of new things

[@LisaDoe]

Glad it was helpful!

[@luvlycan]

This is amazing... Subscribed immediately.

[@LisaDoe]

Thank you.

[@annuarjain7688]

Thank you for the lesson.

[@LisaDoe]

My pleasure!

[@brentsrx7]

Thanks Lisa!

[@gameerzzz4140]

Thanks, Your video was very helpful.

[@graeme4704]

Excellent! Thanks very much!

[@LisaDoe]

Glad it was helpful!

[@denidjiauw7975]

thank you so much , it worked :)

[@LisaDoe]

Glad it helped :)

[@nancyschisler1501]

I did watch how you did it in the video but couldn't seem to find the icon to click to "disappear" it. I'll try again. Thanks for replying.

[@behr8d]

God Bless You‌ ❤️

[@DouglasHopwood]

Thank you for the training. I have merged the cells in a row to permit the user to type in the cell. I need the user to be able to add as much info in the cell as needed and for the cell to continue to move down to accomadate the text. When I type in the cell, all the other cells on the form move also. How do I stop this. Thanks