If you want to share this user-entered data
across tools, forms, and projects, you must
first connect the data-entry table to a category. Then, you must
connect each form control in the data-entry table to a specific
data field within the category.
Insert a data-entry table that is not connected to a category
When you do not connect a data-entry table to a category, the user-entered data is not shared across tools, forms, or projects.
- In Design mode, select the workspace where you want to add the data-entry table.
- Enter the number of columns to include in the table.
- In the Insert Data-Entry Table dialog box, select Do not connect the repeating rows to a data table.
- Complete the dialog box to format the form control, then select OK.
Insert a data-entry table that is connected to a category
When you connect a data-entry table to a category, the user-entered data is shared across tools, forms, and projects.
- In Design mode, select the workspace where you want to add the data-entry table.
- Enter the number of columns to include in the table.
- Select Connect the repeating rows to a data table, then select Select Data Table.
- In the Data Connection Setup dialog box, select the category of your choice, then select OK in each dialog box. The data-entry table is added to the workspace.
- Double-click the form control in the first column.

- In the form control dialog box, select Select Data Field.
- In the Data Connection Setup dialog box,
select a data field, then select OK in each dialog
box.
- Repeat the previous 3 steps until you have
connected each form control in the data-entry table to a
corresponding data field in the category.
Format a data-entry table
After you insert the data-entry
table, you can format it to have any of the following features.