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26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsharedguideformfieldsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting and Editing Buttons</title>
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32c5ffc49bSmseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149798">
33c5ffc49bSmseidel<bookmark_value>command buttons, see push buttons</bookmark_value>
34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>controls;adding to documents</bookmark_value>
35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>inserting;push buttons</bookmark_value>
36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>keys;adding push buttons</bookmark_value>
37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>buttons;adding push buttons</bookmark_value>
38cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>press buttons, see push buttons</bookmark_value>
39cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>push buttons;adding to documents</bookmark_value>
40cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>MW changed "adding;" to "inserting;"</comment>
41*a54e561dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149798" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="formfields"><link href="text/shared/guide/formfields.xhp" name="Inserting and Editing Buttons">Adding a Command Button to a Document</link>
42cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph>
43cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1077F" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Add a Button to a Document</paragraph>
45cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
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47*a54e561dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154751" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">Choose <item type="menuitem">View - Toolbars - Form Controls</item>.</paragraph>
48cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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50*a54e561dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145345" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">On the Form Controls toolbar, click the <emph>Push Button</emph> icon.</paragraph>
51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107A4" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The mouse pointer changes to a cross-hair.</paragraph>
52cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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54*a54e561dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159233" role="listitem" l10n="U">In the document, drag to draw the button.</paragraph>
55cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
56cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
57cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107B2" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Right-click the button and choose <emph>Control</emph>.</paragraph>
58cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
59cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
60cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107CD" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Specify the properties of the button.</paragraph>
61cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
62cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
63*a54e561dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154923" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">To change the button label, click the <emph>General</emph> tab, and edit the text in the <emph>Label</emph> box.</paragraph>
64cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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66*a54e561dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147303" role="listitem" l10n="U">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>
67cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
68cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
69cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10814" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Close the <emph>Properties</emph> dialog.</paragraph>
70cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
71cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
72*a54e561dSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147350" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">(Optional) Specify the properties of the form that the button belongs to.</paragraph>
73cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
74cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
75cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10828" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Right-click the button and choose <emph>Form</emph>.</paragraph>
76cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
77cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
78cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1082F" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The <emph>Form Properties</emph> dialog opens.</paragraph>
79cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
80cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
81cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10837" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Specify the properties for the form and then close the dialog.</paragraph>
82cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
83cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
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