Inserting Form Fields in Pages Document

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Inserting Form Fields in Pages Document

Does anyone know if it is poossible to insert a form field into a pages document just like what can be done is a Word document? I would like the ability to develop a template that has some drop-down menus throughout the document (for different variables) so I can reuse the template in various scenarios by simply selecting the appropriate info from each menu.

Example:

"Your time horizon is Menu Choice (drop-down with: 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, greater than 10 years).

I'll I've been able to find is the mail merge feature. But I'm not looking to merge data from my contacts.

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Posted on Sep 29, 2011 12:59 PM

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PeterBreis0807

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Sep 29, 2011 1:54 PM in response to dmason898

No. The best you can do is insert an inline textbox.

Peter

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dmason898 Author

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Sep 29, 2011 2:02 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Hi Peter,

Can you elaborate on that? How can I use inline text?

I want to pages instead of word!

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Sep 29, 2011 2:12 PM in response to dmason898

It is not quite what you want but you can copy and paste a Textbox into your text into which text can be typed.

Just make sure you take off the textwrap on the Toolbar.

Peter

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dmason898 Author

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Sep 29, 2011 2:52 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Thanks Peter,

Can you tell if I can somehow lock the rest of the document, so when I open the pages document I can tab through all of the inline textboxs that need completing?

For a mac product, I sure don't find pages easy to use.

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Sep 29, 2011 3:36 PM in response to dmason898

No you can't lock the document. If you even lock the textboxes you can't type into them.

I'm a supposed expert (I use countless DTP apps) and I don't find Pages easy at all. In fact for many tasks it is quite a kludge.

But the templates are nice.

Peter

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Walt K

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Sep 29, 2011 3:51 PM in response to dmason898

You can use one of the text-expanding utilities to expand a shortcut which you type. For instance, type 1Y which will expand to one year. Or you can set it up in Page > Preferences > Auto-Correction.

Walt

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