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27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Form Design</title>
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34d1c38b03Smseidel<bookmark_value>forms; designing (Base)</bookmark_value>
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36*1cf34855Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148668" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="formularentwurf"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/04030000.xhp" name="Form Design">Form Design</link>
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38*1cf34855Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Any $[officename] document can be expanded into a form. Simply add one or more form controls.</paragraph>
39*1cf34855Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145382" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Open the Form Controls toolbar. The Form Controls toolbar contains the <link href="text/shared/02/01170000.xhp" name="functions">functions</link> needed to edit a form. More functions can be found in the <emph>Form Design</emph> bar and <emph>More Controls</emph> bar.</paragraph>
40*1cf34855Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153146" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">In the form design you can <link href="text/shared/02/01170000.xhp" name="include controls">include controls</link>, <link href="text/shared/02/01170100.xhp" name="apply properties">apply properties</link> to them, define <link href="text/shared/02/01170200.xhp" name="Form properties">Form properties</link>, and <link href="text/shared/02/01170203.xhp" name="define subforms">define subforms</link>.</paragraph>
41*1cf34855Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">The <emph>Form Navigator</emph> icon
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43cdf0e10cSrcweir</image> on the Form Design bar opens the <link href="text/shared/02/01170600.xhp" name="Form Navigator"><emph>Form Navigator</emph></link>.</paragraph>
44*1cf34855Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153968" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">The <link href="text/shared/02/01171000.xhp" name="Open in Design Mode"><emph>Open in Design Mode</emph></link> icon
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46cdf0e10cSrcweir</image> allows you to save a form document so that it always opens in editing mode.</paragraph>
47*1cf34855Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154948" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If there is an error when assigning properties to the objects contained in the form (for example, when assigning a non-existent database table to an object), a corresponding error message appears. This error message may contain a <emph>More</emph> button. <ahelp hid="dummy">If you click <emph>More</emph>, a dialog displaying more information about the current problem appears.</ahelp></paragraph>
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