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Organizing a template with sections
From the course: InfoPath 2010 Essential Training
Organizing a template with sections
Before you begin adding tables and controls to your form, you should think about how your form would best be organized. In addition to using tables, you can use sections, and should use sections, to organize your data in a way that's meaningful. For example, in this form, which is a request to post something on a web site, we have a well-organized data source here. Here's who the request is coming from, all of their information, and here's information about the post, the information that's being sent to be put on the web. These are two different types of data. And then within the posts section, we actually have a title and a description for the post. We also have some category information, some department information, and then whether or not this is a news item. We're going to spend a fair amount of time with this form, so let's make sure that we understand what it's about. When I want to have somebody post something on our intranet or Internet in my organization, I'm going to send…
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Understanding the use of form controls6m 32s
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Organizing a template with sections5m 35s
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Changing data binding4m 18s
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Using text controls10m 9s
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Using date pickers5m 35s
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Using list boxes and combo boxes10m 16s
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Using bulleted and numbered list controls4m 39s
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Using checkboxes7m 20s
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Using option buttons6m 16s
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Changing the control type2m 30s
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