Quickly Create Interactive PDF Forms!
Formatting Text in Word
Use the F8 Key to Select Text in Word!
Creating and Using Custom Design Templates in PowerPoint 2007

Quickly Create Interactive PDF Forms!

Do you need to create a PDF form that users can fill in themselves? The Form Wizard in Adobe Acrobat 9.x (and some earlier versions) allows you to create an interactive PDF form containing fillable fields.  Users simply fill in the highlighted fields, and then save, print, or e-mail the form to you. You can also use the Form Wizard to create fillable student worksheets, surveys, assessments, and other types of data collection tools.

Follow these steps to turn a flat form (that users cannot fill in) into an interactive one using the Form Wizard:

1. Open your flat form in Adobe Acrobat.
   (Example: http://www.drexel.edu/hr/forms/DU-FLEX-TRANS.pdf)
2. From the Forms menu, select “Start Form Wizard.”
3. Select “An existing electronic document” and click “Next.”
4. Select “Use the current document” and click “Next” to access the form editing mode.
5. Click “OK” to close the dialog box.
6. Review the form and delete any fields that the automatic process created in error. To delete a field, click the field and press the “Delete” key, or right-click and select “Delete.”
7. Exit the form editing mode by pressing “Ctrl+Shift+7” or by clicking on the “Close Form Editing” button in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
8. Go to File > Save to save the form with a new file name or version number.
9. To make additional modifications to the form, reopen the form editing mode by pressing “Ctrl+Shift+7” or by clicking “Forms > Add or Edit Fields.”  To exit the form editing mode, press “Ctrl+Shift+7” or click on the “Close Form Editing” button in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
   
10. Go to File > Properties to modify document properties such as description, security, initial view, etc.
11. Under the Advanced menu, select “Extend Features in Adobe Reader” to allow users to save the form data.
12. Click “Save Now” at the bottom of the dialog box.
13. Click “Save” in the “Save As” dialog box and then click “Yes” to replace the existing file.
14. Distribute your form as desired.

Formatting Text in Word
Here’s a shortcut that might come in handy the next time you need to format some text:

1. Select the text you want to format.
2. Press “Ctrl+D.” 

Word will display the “Font” dialog box, which contains all of the available text formatting options.

Use the F8 Key to Select Text in Word!
The “F8” key activates “Extend Selection” mode.  Use “Extend Selection” mode to select the current word, sentence, paragraph, or the entire document.
Press “F8” twice to select the current word, three times to select the current sentence, four times to select the current paragraph, or five times to select the entire document.
Press “Esc” and then click once anywhere in the document to turn “Extend Selection” mode off.

Creating and Using Custom Design Templates in PowerPoint 2007
You can save any PowerPoint presentation file as a design template. Then you can apply the formatting from that template to a new presentation.

Saving a Presentation as a Custom Template

1. Open the presentation, click the Office button menu, and select “Save As” > “PowerPoint Presentation.”
2. In the “Save As” dialog box, enter a name for your new design template.
3. Select “PowerPoint Template (*.potx)” from the “Save as type” list.
4. Click “Save.”

Creating a Presentation Based on a Custom Design Template                                          

1. Open PowerPoint 2007.
2. From the Office button menu, select “New.”
3. In the left-hand pane, under “Templates,” click “My templates.”

Select the template (*.potx) file and click “OK” (or just double-click on the template file).