Set up form properties

Forms > Customising forms > Task 2: Set up form properties

Task 2: Set up form properties

1	Click the form properties button in the tool palette of the Customise [...] window.

The Form Properties window displays two tabs: the Layout tab and the Options tab.

Set up the paper and form sizes

2	In the Layout tab:

a	Type the number of forms you want to print per page.

b	Select the required type of paper from the Paper list.

c	Enter the margins for the page.

d	Type the width and length of the form (not the paper) in the Form Size fields. For example, if you are printing four cheques per A4 page, enter the width and length of a single cheque, not the width and length of the A4 page.

Set up the grid and add a background graphic

3	In the Options tab:

a	Select the grid options for the form, such as whether to display a grid, the size of the grid and whether to use the snap-to-grid feature for aligning fields.

b	Select the background for the form by clicking Insert Background and selecting the image file to use as the form’s background.

c	If you have chosen a background image, select where you want the image to be displayed on the form.

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