How to Create Fillable Forms in Microsoft Word (Step-by-Step Tutorial)

Written By Sharon Smith

Creating fillable forms, surveys, and questionnaires in Microsoft Word is one of those skills that instantly boosts your productivity at work. Whether you’re in HR, education, or administration — knowing how to design user-friendly, professional forms saves hours of time and reduces data errors.

In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to create fillable forms in Microsoft Word, plus share a link to my free full video course and companion downloadable workbook and templates to help you follow along.

🎥 Watch the Full Video Course

You can now watch my entire course “How to Create Fillable Forms in Microsoft Word: A Step-by-Step Guide” for free on YouTube!

👉 🎓 Watch on YouTube

This course includes 15 lessons (about 1.5 hours total) that guide you through everything from basic form setup to advanced automation with drop-downs, required fields, repeating data, and even exporting your results to Excel.

📘 Download the Course Workbook & Templates

To follow along with the lessons and save time, you can download the Course Workbook + Word Form Templates I created for this course.

👉 🛒Click here: Get the Workbook & Templates here

What’s included:

  • PDF Course Workbook – Includes step-by-step lesson notes, screenshots, and quick tips.

  • Word Form Templates (2 Versions) – A regular and a macro-enabled version of the Behavior-Based Interview Questionnaire we build during the course.

  • Perfect for customizing your own forms or using as a ready-made starting point!

💡 What You’ll Learn

Here’s a quick overview of what you’ll be able to do by the end of the course:

  • Create professional fillable forms and surveys in Word

  • Build dependent drop-down lists (multi-level selections)

  • Add required and repeating fields

  • Link conditional text, images, or tables to drop-down choices

  • Program calculated fields and number formatting

  • Insert a Submit button that emails completed forms

  • Export form responses to Excel for analysis

Each lesson builds logically on the last, so even if you’re a beginner, you’ll be creating professional-grade forms by the end.

🧭 Course Lesson Highlights

A few lessons you’ll especially enjoy:

  • Lesson 5: Building your form template from scratch

  • Lesson 7: Programming dependent drop-down lists

  • Lesson 9: Linking text and images to drop-downs using field codes

  • Lesson 11: Setting up automatic calculations

  • Lesson 15: Exporting and analyzing your results in Excel

If you’re using Word 2010 or later, you’re all set! (This course was filmed using Word for Microsoft 365.)

🙌 Final Thoughts

I hope you enjoy this course and that it helps you create your next fillable form project faster, easier, and with confidence.

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Sharon Smith
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