On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode.Ĭlick the content control where you want to revise the placeholder instructional text.Įdit the placeholder text and format it any way you want. To customize the default instructional text for your template users, do the following: You can change the default instructional text in content controls. Instructional text can enhance the usability of the template that you create. If you use the Group command to group the three paragraphs, the three-paragraph disclaimer cannot be edited and can be deleted only as a group. To keep several content controls or even a few paragraphs of text together, select the controls or the text, and then click Group in the Controls group.įor example, perhaps you have a three-paragraph disclaimer. In the Content Control Properties dialog box, choose whether the content control can be deleted or edited when someone uses your template. Select the content control, and click Properties in the Controls group. Set or change the properties for content controls On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Properties.Ĭlick the Gallery and the Category for the building blocks that you want to make available in the building block control. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Building Block Gallery Content Control. You can also use a building block control in a form. You can create rich text content controls for each version of the boilerplate text, and then you can use a building block gallery control as the container for the rich text content controls. You can use building block controls when you want people to choose a specific block of text.įor example, building block controls are helpful if you’re setting up a contract template, and you need to add different boilerplate text depending on the contract’s specific requirements. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click the Check Box Content Control. Ĭlick where you want to insert the check box control. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click the Date Picker Content Control. Insert a date pickerĬlick where you want to insert the date picker control. Note: If you select the Contents cannot be edited check box, users won’t be able to click a choice. Repeat this step until all of the choices are in the drop-down list.įill in any other properties that you want.
Type a choice in the Display Name box, such as Yes, No, or Maybe. To create a list of choices, click Add under Combo Box Properties or Drop-Down List Properties. Select the content control, and then on the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Properties. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click the Combo Box Content Control or Drop-Down List Content Control. In a drop-down list, users can only select from the list of choices. In a combo box, users can select from a list of choices that you provide or they can type in their own information. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Picture Control. Ĭlick where you want to insert the control. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Rich Text Content Control or the Plain Text Content Control. In the document, click where you want to insert the control. If you want to limit what users add, insert the plain text content control. In a rich text content control, users can format text as bold or italic, and they can type multiple paragraphs. Insert a text control where users can enter text On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode, and then insert the controls that you want. In the list, select the Developer check box, and then click OK.
Under Customize the Ribbon, select Main Tabs. After you convert the document or template, save it.īefore you can add content controls, you need to show the Developer tab. To use content controls, you must convert the document to the Word 2013 file format by clicking File > Info > Convert, and then clicking OK.
Note: If content controls are not available, you may have opened a document or a template that was created in an earlier version of Word.
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