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		<title>Question #12: How to create a Lotus Forms Template</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sparshott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: How to create a Lotus Forms Template Answer &#8230;.from infocentre You can save forms as custom templates and share them with team members to create several forms that have the same layout and functionality.To create a custom form template: Create a directory to store your form templates. Save a form into that directory. To [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><strong>Question:</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">How to create a Lotus Forms Template</div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><strong>Answer</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">&#8230;.from infocentre</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">You can save forms as custom templates and share them with team members to create several forms that have the same layout and functionality.To create a custom form template:</div>
<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">
<p>Create a directory to store your form templates. Save a form into that directory.</p>
<p>To add a custom form template:</p></div>
<ol style="margin-top: 0.1em; padding-top: 0.1em;">
<li style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em;"><span>Click <span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Window </span>&gt; <span style="font-weight: bold;">Preferences</span></span> to open the <span>Preferences</span> window.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em;"><span>In the left column, expand <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lotus Forms <span>Designer</span></span>.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em;"><span>Click <span style="font-weight: bold;">New Form Templates</span>.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em;"><span>Click <span style="font-weight: bold;">New</span> to open the <span>Browse For Folder</span> window.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em;"><span>Browse to the directory of forms you want to use as templates and click <span style="font-weight: bold;">OK</span>.</span>You can use template forms saved to your own computer or stored on a shared network drive.</li>
<li style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em;"><span>Click <span style="font-weight: bold;">Apply </span>and then <span style="font-weight: bold;">OK</span>. The forms in the directories you have selected will display in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">New Lotus Forms <span>Designer</span></span> wizard.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em;"><span>If you want to change the order that the form templates are listed in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">New Lotus Forms <span>Designer</span></span> wizard, click the file to highlight it, then click <span style="font-weight: bold;">Up</span> <img src="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/forms/v3r0m0/topic/com.ibm.help.forms.doc/Designer_User_Manual/graphics/UpArrow.jpg" alt="" /> or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Down</span> <img src="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/forms/v3r0m0/topic/com.ibm.help.forms.doc/Designer_User_Manual/graphics/property_value_down_arrow_button.jpg" alt="An image of a down arrow button." />to reposition the template.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em;"><span>If you want to remove a directory of templates, select it and click <span style="font-weight: bold;">Remove</span>.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em;"><span>If you want to use only the default templates, click <span style="font-weight: bold;">Restore Defaults</span>.</span></li>
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<li style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em;"><span>Click <span style="font-weight: bold;">OK</span> to close the <span>Preference</span> window.</span></li>
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		<title>Question #9 How do I install the Lotus Forms Viewer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sparshott</dc:creator>
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<p>How do I install the Lotus Forms Viewer</p>
<h2>Answer</h2>
<p>Video below&#8230;..<br />
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		<title>Lotus Forms Overview and Demonstration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sparshott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a Lotus Forms overview and demonstration. I have included the presentation from Slideshare with embedded videos plus each individual video directly from youtube as slideshare.  The material took about a day to pull together which was mainly taken up with capturing and editing the video. Presentation: Lotus Forms Overview and Demonstration View more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is a Lotus Forms overview and demonstration.</p>
<p>I have included the presentation from Slideshare with embedded videos plus each individual video directly from youtube as slideshare.  The material took about a day to pull together which was mainly taken up with capturing and editing the video.</p>
<h2>Presentation:</h2>
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<div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;">View more <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/chrissparshott">chrissparshott</a>.</div>
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<h2>Harley Davidson Video</h2>
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<h2>Scenario 1: Create a Form</h2>
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<h2>Scenario 2: Reuse PDF Assets in Lotus Forms</h2>
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<h2>Scenario 3: Business Data and Lotus Forms</h2>
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<h2>Scenario 4: A sample Electronic Form</h2>
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<H2>Scenario 5: Lotus Forms in Portal Context (first 2 minutes)<br />
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<p>Buzzword Bingo<br />
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		<title>Lotus Forms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sparshott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here I am in sunny Wellington at our Lotus Forms - Proof of Technology.  We are using the classrooms at the excellent Allfields on Courtenay Place.  The PoT is an opportunity to take existing and future customers through our technology by providing a mix of presentation and lab exercises.

The class was delivered by Johnny Teoh a Lotus Forms specialist for Asia Pacific. Johnny is a very knowledgeable technical consultant with a range of experiences implementing this product at IBM customers. Questions were answered along with interesting discussions around strategy, implementation and deployment.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KRxPp6uMQhs/SP-ugsrHcKI/AAAAAAAAAFg/BCMMoBWp6QA/s1600-h/IMG00082.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260114766563078306" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KRxPp6uMQhs/SP-ugsrHcKI/AAAAAAAAAFg/BCMMoBWp6QA/s200/IMG00082.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Here I am in sunny Wellington at our Lotus Forms &#8211; Proof of Technology.  We are using the classrooms at the excellent <a href="http://www.allfields.co.nz/">Allfield</a>s on <a href="http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?utm_campaign=en&amp;utm_source=en-ha-apla-nz-google-gm&amp;utm_medium=ha&amp;utm_term=google%20maps">Courtenay Plac</a>e.  The PoT is an opportunity to take existing and future customers through our technology by providing a mix of presentation and lab exercises.</p>
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<p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KRxPp6uMQhs/SP-u0KV_GnI/AAAAAAAAAFo/ERFIVgZG_KU/s1600-h/IMG00083.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260115100945029746" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KRxPp6uMQhs/SP-u0KV_GnI/AAAAAAAAAFo/ERFIVgZG_KU/s200/IMG00083.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>The class was delivered by <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/8/338/782">Johnny Teoh</a> a Lotus Forms specialist for Asia Pacific.  Johnny is a very knowledgeable technical consultant with a range of experiences implementing this product at IBM customers.  Questions were answered along with interesting discussions around strategy, implementation and deployment.</p>
<p>This was a really informative session and IBM New Zealand will plan to run more Proof Of Technology sessions in the months to come. What should we do next?</p></div>
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