Filling Fields With Form Assistant; Using The Fill Command - NUANCE OMNIFORM 2 Reference

Filling a Form

Filling Fields With Form Assistant

Using the Fill Command

This section describes how to use both Form Assistant and the Fill
command to open a form and fill it.
1 Windows 95 users: click Start in the Taskbar and choose

Programs OmniForm.
Windows NT and 3.1 users: double-click the OmniForm icon in
the Caere Applications folder.
Click the Form Assistant button in the standard toolbar if
OmniForm is already open.
Form Assistant appears.
2 Select Fill in a form and click Next>.
3 Select which form to use in the next window.
• Select the first option and click Browse... to open a form.
Select a form in the Open dialog box and click Open to return
to the Form Assistant dialog box.
• Select the second option to work with the current form.
This option is available only if a form is open.
4 Click Finish> after you select an option.
OmniForm opens the selected form in fill view.
See "The Fill View Window" on page 74 for a description.
5 Click in a field or press the Tab or Enter key to place the cursor
in the first field.
6 Type the information you want to enter.
7 Press the Tab or Enter key to move to the next field.
Press Shift-Tab or Shift-Enter to move to the previous field.
8 Continue to fill fields in this way.
See Chapter 7, Filling a Form, for detailed information on the kinds of
fields you may find on a form and how to fill them.
1 If you have a form open and are in design view, click the Fill
button in the standard toolbar or choose Fill in the View menu.
2 Follow steps 5–8 in "Filling Fields With Form Assistant" above.
Filling a Form
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