How to Convert Forms to Regular Documents in Microsoft Word

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If you have created a form in Microsoft Word 2003, you will receive your results as field results. You can make it easier to work with these field results by converting them to regular text. Keep reading to find out how you can convert a previously created form to a regular document in Word.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Microsoft Word 2003

Step1

Start Microsoft Word 2003, and open a document from your files that contains a form that you have previously created.

Step2

Choose the "Tools" menu, and click "Unprotect Document" if you have previously protected the document. The "Unprotect Document" dialog box will be displayed. Enter your password in the "Password" text box and click the "OK" button. If the password is correct, the dialog box will disappear and the form will be unprotected.

Step3

Select the "Edit" menu and click on "Select All" to select all of the text in the entire document, including the form.

Step4

Use the keyboard shortcut of CTRL+SHIFT+F9. The fields that are in the form will automatically be switched to display regular text instead of the form results.

Step5

Choose the "File" menu and click the "Save" button to save the changes to your document. Next time the file is accessed it will display the regular text of the form instead of the field results.

Tips & Warnings

The keyboard shortcut for selecting all text and objects in a Microsoft Word document is CTRL+A.
You can use the keyboard shortcut of CTRL+SHIFT+F9 to toggle in between the field results and regular text of a form in a Word document.