Hi, eileen, That's exactly what I'm trying to do. But when I tried to figure out how to do it in Word, it looked complicated, so I wondered if there was an easier way to do it on the Mac. sounds like there isn't. If you know anything about creating forms on the Windows side, I'd love to chat off list, you can write me at doniado...@me.com. Thanks, Donna On Jul 17, 2014, at 12:21 AM, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Donna, > > Are you needing to create a form with edit fields, checkboxes, drop down > combo boxes? I haven't tried this yet, but if you have office running on the > Windows side and saved it as a DOCX file/template, wouldn't it open in > TextEdit or in another processing app on the Mac side and have the individual > be able to fill in the information? Since I'm not an advance user of the Mac > OS and all of the possibilities that an app on the Mac side would be able to > work in this matter. I'll try to create a small test form and see if I can > open it up on the Mac side and post when I get some idea if it will work. I'm > curious myself if this will solve one issue for me, as I use a template form > DOCX in my work to streamline it and use my time more efficiently. Also,are > you permitted to use digital signatures? > > Best, > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 16, 2014, at 5:08 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Tim, >> >> thanks. I'm actually not looking for a survey type form, but something that >> clients can complete, digitally sign, and return to me. >> Thanks, >> Donna >>> On Jul 16, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> It depends on what you're going to use the form for and how you like the >>> input to be reported back to you. If it's something like a survey or >>> questionnaire where you don't mind the results being returned in a >>> spreadsheet, then a Google Form is my best suggestion. If you have a Gmail >>> account, then you have access to Google Forms as part of the Google Apps >>> suite. I thought I read somewhere that you can use Google Forms in another >>> fashion as well where the form and response are kept together but I haven't >>> figured out how to do that yet, or maybe I'm just mistaken. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>>> On Jul 16, 2014, at 10:12 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I'm wondering if there's a way to create fillable forms on the Mac. I like >>>> the form to be able to be filled out by both Mac and Windows users, so it >>>> would need to be in a format that could be opened on a PC. If anyone knows >>>> anything about how to do this, I would appreciate any help. >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
