| Action field | A field that asks the user to take a particular action.
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| Calculation | A type of text form field that calculates numbers based on formulas and cannot be modified by form users.
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| Check box form field | A form field providing a "yes" or "no" response.
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| Current Date | A form field that displays the current date and cannot be modified by form users.
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| Current Time | A form field that displays the current time, which cannot be modified by form users.
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| Date | A text form field that requires the user to type a date form.
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| Drop down form field | A form field that displays a list of choices.
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| Field code | A placeholder inserted in a Word document that allows you to enter variable data, ask for input from the document's reader, or launch another application.
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| Field identifier | The curly braces that begin and end the entire field code.
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| Field instruction | Any text you want to display as a user prompt, a phrase or value, or a bookmark to insert.
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| Field name | The name of the inserted field.
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| Field switch | An option you establish to specify the exact way Word is to display or format a field.
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| Form field | The special codes that store a particular type of information that holds a name, a numeric value, a date, or provides a list of possible choices.
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| Help | An arbitrarily long message that appears in a dialog box when a form user presses the F1 function key.
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| List box | See drop-down form field.
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| Marker field | A field code that marks an item for a particular purpose, such as an index term.
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| Number | A type of text form field that accepts only numbers in a text form field.
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| Numeric picture | A series of symbols and digits that specifies the format and content of the number.
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| Onscreen form | A Word template containing special codes in which anyone reading the document can insert information.
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| Prompt | A very short text phrase, appearing in the status bar, which provides insights about the selected form field.
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| Protect | An action that locks the fields in place so that no one can make changes to the field formats or other form field specifications.
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| Regular text | A type of text form field that includes text, numbers, symbols, and spaces.
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| Result field | A field code produces the answer to a calculation or causes a file-retrieval.
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| Text field | A form field that allows a user to type text, numbers, symbols, or perform calculations.
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