To customize the default instructional text for your template users, do the following:ġ. You can change the default instructional text in content controls. Instructional text can enhance the usability of the template that you create. To keep several content controls or even a few paragraphs of text together, select the controls or the text, and then click grouping the Controls group. In the Content Control Properties dialog box, choose whether the content control can be deleted or edited when someone uses your template.ģ. Select the content control, and click Properties in the Controls group.Ģ. Set or change the properties for content controlsġ. Click the Gallery and the Category for the building blocks that you want to make available in the building block control. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Properties.ĥ. Click the content control to select it.Ĥ. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Building Block Gallery Content Control building block gallery control.ģ. You can also use a building block control in a form.Ģ. You can create rich text content controls for each version of the boilerplate text, and then you can use a building block gallery control as the container for the rich text content controls. You can use building block controls when you want people to choose a specific block of text.įor example, building block controls are helpful if you’re setting up a contract template, and you need to add different boilerplate text depending on the contract’s specific requirements. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click the Check Box Content Control check box control. Click where you want to insert the check box control.Ģ. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click the Date Picker Content Control date picker control.Ĭlick here to enter a date. Click where you want to insert the date picker control.Ģ. Note: If you select the Contents cannot be edited check box, users won’t be able to click a choice… Insert a date pickerġ. Fill in any other properties that you want. Repeat this step until all of the choices are in the drop-down list.ĥ. Type a choice in the Display Name box, such as Yes, No, or Maybe. To create a list of choices, click Add under Combo Box Properties or Drop-Down List Properties.Ĥ. Select the content control, and then on the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Properties.ģ. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click the Combo Box Content Control combo-box control or Drop-Down List Content Control drop-down menu control.Ģ. In a drop-down list, users can only select from the list of choices.ġ. In a combo box, users can select from a list of choices that you provide or they can type in their own information. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Picture Control picture control. Click where you want to insert the control.Ģ. Enter the contents of the report in here. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Rich Text Content Control rich text control or the Plain Text Content Control plain text control.Įnter the contents of the report in here. In the document, click where you want to insert the control.Ģ. If you want to limit what users add, insert the plain text content control.ġ. In a rich text content control, users can format text as bold or italic, and they can type multiple paragraphs. How to insert a text control where users can enter text
On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode, and then insert the controls that you want, for example, let’s enter a series of rich text controls for a report.