Word forms can be collected by adding drop-down menus and text input boxes. 1. First enable the "Development Tools" tab: click "File" → "Options" → "Custom Ribbon" → check "Development Tools"; 2. Insert the drop-down menu: Select "Drop-down List Content Control" in the "Controls" group of "Development Tools", add options through "Properties" and set the default value; 3. Insert the text input box: Select "Text Content Control" or "Rich Text Content Control" to insert for users' free input; 4. Protect the form: Select "Fill in Form" through the "Restricted Editing" function and enable protection to prevent the format from being modified.

Sometimes making forms in Word is not just for displaying information, but also for collecting content, such as questionnaires, application forms, registration forms, etc. At this time, adding drop-down menus and text input boxes is particularly useful. The operation is actually not difficult, but many people don’t know how to start at the beginning.

Insert the Development Tools tab

Word hides the "Development Tools" tab by default, so the first step is to call it out.
Click "File" → "Options" → "Custom Ribbon" in the upper left corner → find "Development Tools" in the list of main tabs on the left, check it, and this tab will appear in the tab on the right.
After confirming, click "OK", and you will see "Development Tools" in the top menu bar.

Add drop-down menu (drop-down list content control)

After entering "Development Tools", you will see a lot of control options. The drop-down menu uses the "drop-down list content control".
The operation steps are as follows:

• Click "Development Tools" → find the "Drop-down List Content Control" in the "Controls" group
• Put the cursor in the document where you want to insert the drop-down menu, click this button to insert the control
• After inserting, click "Drop-down List Content Control" again, and the "Properties" button will appear.
• Click "Properties", click "Add" after the pop-up window, and enter the drop-down options content, such as "Yes/No", "Male/Female", etc.
• Each option needs to be added manually. After the addition is completed, you can set the default displayed options.

This completes the settings of a drop-down menu. When users use this form, they can only choose from the options you set, avoiding filling in at will.

Insert text input box (rich text content control)

In addition to the drop-down menu, you may also need to ask the user to fill in some free content, such as name, phone number, address, etc. At this time, you need to use the "text content control".

How to operate:

• Click "Development Tools" → find "Text Content Control" or "Rich Text Content Control" in "Controls"
• Put the cursor in the right position and click Insert
• After inserting, the user can enter text in this box

If you want to limit the format of the input content, such as only entering numbers or email addresses, Word itself does not support setting format restrictions directly, but you can prompt the user through notes.

Protect the form from being modified at will

After the form is completed, you definitely don’t want others to delete or modify the format by mistake. At this time, you can enable the "Protect Document" function.

Operation steps:

• Click "Development Tools" → select "Restricted Editing"
• In the pane that pops up on the right, check "Allow such edits in this document only"
• Select "Fill in Form" in the drop-down menu
• Then click "Yes, start mandatory protection"
• You can set a password to prevent others from canceling protection

After setting this way, users can only fill in the content in the controls you set, and cannot modify other parts at will.

Basically these steps. Although Word forms are not particularly powerful, they are enough to meet daily filling needs. The key is that the development tool is hidden by default, and many people are stuck at this step at the beginning. As long as you call out the tools, the remaining operations are actually quite intuitive.

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