Forms make your page interactive. They allow you to ask your readers for information and for them to respond to you and give you the information you've requested. These are also useful if you are selling something so the customer can give you their shipping information.
Creating your form with FrontPage will be fun. It has all sorts of things for you to add to it that you can add with just a quick click. First you will need to click on the word "Insert" at the top of the page and then go down to "Form". When you get there you will see many different options. The options you will see here are: Form, One-Line Text Box, Scrolling Text Box, Check Box, Radio Button, Drop-Down Menu, Push Button, Picture and Label.
All of these options have properties that you can change if you double click on them and you can also add text to all of them if you with. Here is what they all do.
Form
When you click on "Form" you get a "Submit" and a "Reset" button. These are usually added at the end of the form so your reader can submit the form to you after they have filled it out or they can reset the form and start over. {See what it looks like}
One-Line Text Box
When you click on "One-Line Text Box" you also get a "Submit" and a "Reset" button but this time it comes with a blank space where your reader can enter one line of information. This is good for newsletter subscriptions where you only need their email address or for one question forms. {See what it looks like}
Scrolling Text Box
When you click on "Scrolling Text Box" you again get a "Submit" and a "Reset" button but this time you get a bigger empty box that scrolls. This is good if you have asked your readers to submit a story or suggestion to you. They will have plenty of room to fill in their information and can just click "Submit" when they are done to send it to you. {See what it looks like}
Check Box
When you click on "Check Box" you get a little square that your reader can check along with a "Submit" and a "Reset" button. You can create sets of these to ask your readers opinions on what they like better between several things. {See what it looks like}
Radio Button
When you click on "Radio Button" you get a little circle with a dot in it that your reader can mark or unmark along with a "Submit" and a "Reset" button. These can be used similarly to the check boxes. This also comes with a "Submit" and a "Reset" button. {See what it looks like}
Drop-Down Menu
When you click on "Drop-Down Menu" you get a pull down menu that you can fill out with things you want your readers to choose from. This also comes with a "Submit" and a "Reset" button. {See what it looks like}
Push Button
When you click on "Push Button" you get a "Submit" and a "Reset" button along with another button that you could use for anything you want. {See what it looks like}
Picture
When you click on "Picture" the box pops up that allows you to choose a picture to add to your form. Search for the picture you want to add, click on it and then click "OK".
Label
Clicking on "Label" will allow you to add labels to your form fields.
