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Create a Form

Design a plain form

Insert a plain table

Select the plain table
To turn the gridlines on, go to Table Tools tab > Layout tab > Table group > click on View Gridlines

To remove move all the borders of the table, go to Table Tools tab > Design tab > Table Styles group > click on the Borders down arrow > select No Border

Enter the outline for the form as well as adjust cell size as desired

Merge cells together

Select cells need to be merged

Go to Table Tools tab > Layout tab > Merge group > click on Merge Cells

Split a cell

Select a cell needing to be split

Go to Table Tools tab > Layout tab > Merge group > click on Split Cells

In the Split Cells dialog box, do the following:

Under Number of columns box, adjust number of columns to split the cell into
Under Number of rows box, adjust number of rows to split the cell into
Click OK

Format cells in the form

Draw lines in the table

Select the cell to draw lines
Do one of the following:

Go to Table Tools tab > Design tab > Table Styles group > click on the Borders down arrow > select option from the list

Go to Table Tools tab > Design tab > Draw Borders group > click on Draw Table

Apply background color for a cell in the table

Click in the cell to apply background color
Do one of the following:

Right-click the selected cell > click on the Shading down arrow next to from the shortcut menu > select the desired background color

Go to Table Tools tab > Design tab > Table Styles group > click on the Shading down arrow > select the desired background color

Turn gridlines off to see the actual view of the form

Go to Table Tools tab > Layout tab > Table group
Click on View Gridlines