Choose the form control that best suits the data you want to collect
on the form.
- Text Box
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Enter unformatted text. With this control, you have additional formatting options. For more information, go to Apply Quick Fill and Set up conditional formatting.
- Check Box
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Turn an item on or off.
- Drop Down
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Choose one value from a list. Values are visible only when you select the down arrow in the control.
- Memo
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Enter multiple lines of unformatted text with line breaks.
- Formula
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Display the results of a mathematical operation. With this control, you have additional formatting options. For more information, go to Set up conditional formatting. For a list of formula functions, go to Formula functions.
- Option
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Choose one value from a set of values. Values are displayed as radio buttons.
- Numeric Box
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Enter a decimal or an integer. With this control, you have additional formatting options. For more information, go to Apply Quick Fill and Set up conditional formatting.
- Rich Text
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Enter multiple lines of formatted text and insert images, hyperlinks, and symbols.
- Date Picker
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Enter a date or choose one from a calendar.
- List
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Choose one value from a list of values. Values are always visible.
- Optional Section
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Show or hide sections of a form.
Text hidden
Text shown
- Bar Chart
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Compare data values in a data-entry table.
- Gantt Chart
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Track the progress of tasks in a data-entry table.
- Pareto Chart
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Plot values in a data-entry table to see where the largest gains can be made.
- Scatterplot
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Illustrate the relationship between two numeric variables in a data-entry table.
