Instructions for Copying Forms from http://www.wright.edu/~tmyadze

First you must determine if you have a word processing program
(e.g. Word or WordPerfect 7 or above, etc.) that can save and convert
documents with the ".htm" or ".html" file name extension. These
are files saved in hypertext markup language, which is the 
format of all internet (web) documents. Check your program's 
"save as" document format/type options in order to determine
if you have these capabilities.

I.   Those with "htm" or "html" save/conversion capabilities:
     Select and save sections of the text or save entire file 
     with either the ".doc" or ".wpd" file name extension; else use
     the normal file extension of your program 
     (that is htm or html compatible); or you may use the 
     ".htm or .html" (depending on your program) file name 
     extension. In all of the above cases your saved document is      
     still in web format which means that you will be prompted to     
     convert it to your normal word processing format when you open   
     the file. To permanently convert the file to Word (etc.) 
     format you must select "Internet Publisher" from the file 
     menu. Then choose "format as Word document."  
 
     Documents will be copied with underlining, centering, bold,
     form lines, and other formatting retained. However, the 
     copying process causes extra line spacing to be inserted         
     throughout the document, which you will have to delete as 
     you fill in the form. I have found that some blank lines
     will only delete if you position the cursor at the 
     beginning of the blank line, whereas others will only 
     delete if you position the cursor at the end of the above 
     line of text and press delete.      
 	
II.  Those without "htm" or "html" save/conversion capabilities:
     Select and save portions or the entire document in ASCII
     format by saving the file with a ".txt or .text" file name 
     extension.  Or you may simply select sections or select all
     and copy to your clipboard. Next, open a new file in your
     word processing program and paste the selected text in it.
 
     Documents will be in basic ASCII format with all lines,
     bold, underlining, and other program formatting removed.
     This means that you will have to convert the ASCII 
     file by opening and saving it with your program's usual 
     file extension before you can reinsert any desired lines 
     etc. back into the document. It is not essential that you
     reinsert the form lines and so forth as long as your 
     completed form is understandable. One advantage of saving
     files in ASCII format is that the copying process does not 
     cause extra blank lines to be inserted throughout the 
     document.  Instead, the document collapses by removing 
     the blank lines which were intentionally inserted for you to     
     write within.  As such, you just insert any extra line 
     spacing as needed, when filling in the form. 
        
     Please note that in order to create form lines that you 
     can type on without deleting the line, you must use the          
     underline feature of your word processor, not the 
     underline key of your keyboard.  Keyboard underlining is 
     retained when you save web files in ASCII (".txt or .text")      
     format, however, you delete the line as you try to fill in 
     the form.  As such, you must also save your ASCII (".txt")
     file in your normal program format by saving it with the 
     ".wpd" or ".doc" (etc.) file name extension, instead of the      
     ".txt"extension. As a shortcut you can use the underline 
     feature to underline only your answers, as you're filling in 
     the form, without typing full form lines as in the original 
     internet file.  Refer to Field Manual forms when trying
     to decide where to insert lines.  

     In order to properly center headings and subheadings in
     files that were converted "to or from" ASCII format, you 
     can either delete blank spaces to the left of the heading
     until the text is centered properly OR you can change from
     "center justification" to "left justification," deleting 
     all spaces to the left of the heading, until the text 
     reaches position "1" (the very beginning of the line)
     and then you can re-center the text by choosing center
     justification again. 
     
PLEASE NOTE:

When filling in the form lines you must be in "TYPEOVER" mode 
as opposed to "INSERT" mode in order to keep the lines and
text from shifting.  Shift back and forth between modes 
whenever you need to add extra line spacing or extra space for
filling in your answers.

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Last Updated December 1, 2004 by Theresa Myadze