Help using forms in Outlook

[Leasha1975]

I need help doing 1 of 2 things.

1. I have a form created in Microsoft Word. It's a simple form that has a

couple of text boxes and a couple of check mark boxes. We send this form

alot and we need it to be in the body of the email, not as an attachment. I

have to unlock the form to place it in the body of the email and once it is

in there, I can't lock it again so the form can actually be filled out. Is

there a way to do that??? This is the way I'd prefer to do it.

2. The other option is to use Infopath for the form. I have imported the

form into Infopath and figured out how to publish it as an email. Here's the

problem with this. I need to be able to save the form on my desktop as an

email message so that I double click to open and it's already ready to go

filled out with who to send it to etc. I want to just click the things I need

and hit send. When I try to save it like this, I can only save as an

Infopath document and not an email message. This is critical because I have

to install this on the desktop of my entire team with multiple addresses to

send to and I can't risk that they might inadvertently miss one. (creating a

distro is not an option for this particuliar group)

Can anyone let me know if either of my scenarios are possible?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

1) Not possible. Word forms don't translate into email messages.

2) Try asking for a solution in the InfoPath forum at

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.infopath

Sue Mosher

"Leasha1975" wrote:


> I need help doing 1 of 2 things.
> 1. I have a form created in Microsoft Word. It's a simple form that has a
> couple of text boxes and a couple of check mark boxes. We send this form
> alot and we need it to be in the body of the email, not as an attachment. I
> have to unlock the form to place it in the body of the email and once it is
> in there, I can't lock it again so the form can actually be filled out. Is
> there a way to do that??? This is the way I'd prefer to do it.
> 2. The other option is to use Infopath for the form. I have imported the
> form into Infopath and figured out how to publish it as an email. Here's the
> problem with this. I need to be able to save the form on my desktop as an
> email message so that I double click to open and it's already ready to go
> filled out with who to send it to etc. I want to just click the things I need
> and hit send. When I try to save it like this, I can only save as an
> Infopath document and not an email message. This is critical because I have
> to install this on the desktop of my entire team with multiple addresses to
> send to and I can't risk that they might inadvertently miss one. (creating a
> distro is not an option for this particuliar group)

> Can anyone let me know if either of my scenarios are possible?

 

[Leasha1975]

Thanks for the info, Sue. I do have this same question in the InfoPath forum

as well. Hopefully, I'll get a response there about that part of it.

"Sue Mosher [MVP]" wrote:


> 1) Not possible. Word forms don't translate into email messages.

> 2) Try asking for a solution in the InfoPath forum at
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.infopath

> > Sue Mosher
> > >

> "Leasha1975" wrote:
>
> > I need help doing 1 of 2 things.
> > 1. I have a form created in Microsoft Word. It's a simple form that has a
> > couple of text boxes and a couple of check mark boxes. We send this form
> > alot and we need it to be in the body of the email, not as an attachment. I
> > have to unlock the form to place it in the body of the email and once it is
> > in there, I can't lock it again so the form can actually be filled out. Is
> > there a way to do that??? This is the way I'd prefer to do it.
> > 2. The other option is to use Infopath for the form. I have imported the
> > form into Infopath and figured out how to publish it as an email. Here's the
> > problem with this. I need to be able to save the form on my desktop as an
> > email message so that I double click to open and it's already ready to go
> > filled out with who to send it to etc. I want to just click the things I need
> > and hit send. When I try to save it like this, I can only save as an
> > Infopath document and not an email message. This is critical because I have
> > to install this on the desktop of my entire team with multiple addresses to
> > send to and I can't risk that they might inadvertently miss one. (creating a
> > distro is not an option for this particuliar group)
> > Can anyone let me know if either of my scenarios are possible?