1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3 4<!--*********************************************************** 5 * 6 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8 * distributed with this work for additional information 9 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 13 * 14 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 15 * 16 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 17 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 18 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 19 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 20 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21 * under the License. 22 * 23 ***********************************************************--> 24 25 26 27 28<meta> 29 <topic id="textsharedguideformfieldsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting and Editing Buttons</title> 31 <filename>/text/shared/guide/formfields.xhp</filename> 32 </topic> 33 </meta> 34 <body> 35<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149798"><bookmark_value>command buttons, see push buttons</bookmark_value> 36 <bookmark_value>controls;adding to documents</bookmark_value> 37 <bookmark_value>inserting;push buttons</bookmark_value> 38 <bookmark_value>keys;adding push buttons</bookmark_value> 39 <bookmark_value>buttons;adding push buttons</bookmark_value> 40 <bookmark_value>press buttons, see push buttons</bookmark_value> 41 <bookmark_value>push buttons;adding to documents</bookmark_value> 42</bookmark><comment>MW changed "adding;" to "inserting;"</comment> 43<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149798" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="5"><variable id="formfields"><link href="text/shared/guide/formfields.xhp" name="Inserting and Editing Buttons">Adding a Command Button to a Document</link> 44</variable></paragraph> 45 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10731" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">You can use the Form Controls toolbar to add checkboxes, buttons, tables showing data records, and other controls to a document.</paragraph> 46 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1077F" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Add a Button to a Document </paragraph> 47 <list type="ordered"> 48 <listitem> 49 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154751" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="6">Choose <item type="menuitem">View - Toolbars - Form Controls</item>.</paragraph> 50 </listitem> 51 <listitem> 52 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145345" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="7">On the Form Controls toolbar, click the <emph>Push Button</emph> icon.</paragraph> 53 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107A4" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The mouse pointer changes to a cross-hair.</paragraph> 54 </listitem> 55 <listitem> 56 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159233" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="8">In the document, drag to draw the button.</paragraph> 57 </listitem> 58 <listitem> 59 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107B2" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Right-click the button and choose <emph>Control</emph>.</paragraph> 60 </listitem> 61 <listitem> 62 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107CD" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Specify the properties of the button.</paragraph> 63 </listitem> 64 <listitem> 65 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154923" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="11">To change the button label, click the <emph>General</emph> tab, and edit the text in the <emph>Label</emph> box.</paragraph> 66 </listitem> 67 <listitem> 68 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147303" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="12">To attach a macro to the button, click the <emph>Events</emph> tab, and click the <emph>... </emph>button beside the button action that you want to run the macro. In the <emph>Assign Macro</emph> dialog, locate the macro that you want to use, and then click <emph>OK</emph>.<comment>UFI: see #i34509#</comment></paragraph> 69 </listitem> 70 <listitem> 71 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10814" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Close the <emph>Properties</emph> dialog.</paragraph> 72 </listitem> 73 <listitem> 74 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147350" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="76">(Optional) Specify the properties of the form that the button belongs to.</paragraph> 75 </listitem> 76 <listitem> 77 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10828" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Right-click the button and choose <emph>Form</emph>.</paragraph> 78 </listitem> 79 <listitem> 80 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1082F" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The <emph>Form Properties</emph> dialog opens.</paragraph> 81 </listitem> 82 <listitem> 83 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10837" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Specify the properties for the form and then close the dialog.</paragraph> 84 </listitem> 85 </list> 86 <section id="relatedtopics"> 87 <embed href="text/shared/guide/data_addressbook.xhp#data_addressbook"/> 88 </section> 89 </body> 90</helpdocument>