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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting and Editing Buttons</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149798"><bookmark_value>command buttons, see push buttons</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>controls;adding to documents</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>inserting;push buttons</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>keys;adding push buttons</bookmark_value>
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      <bookmark_value>press buttons, see push buttons</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>push buttons;adding to documents</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>MW changed "adding;" to "inserting;"</comment>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149798" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="5"><variable id="formfields"><link href="text/shared/guide/formfields.xhp" name="Inserting and Editing Buttons">Adding a Command Button to a Document</link>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10731" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">You can use the Form Controls toolbar to add checkboxes, buttons, tables showing data records, and other controls to a document.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1077F" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Add a Button to a Document </paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154751" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="6">Choose <item type="menuitem">View - Toolbars - Form Controls</item>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145345" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="7">On the Form Controls toolbar, click the <emph>Push Button</emph> icon.</paragraph>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107A4" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The mouse pointer changes to a cross-hair.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159233" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="8">In the document, drag to draw the button.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107B2" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Right-click the button and choose <emph>Control</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107CD" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Specify the properties of the button.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154923" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="11">To change the button label, click the <emph>General</emph> tab, and edit the text in the <emph>Label</emph> box.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147303" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="12">To attach a macro to the button, click the <emph>Events</emph> tab, and click the <emph>... </emph>button beside the button action that you want to run the macro. In the <emph>Assign Macro</emph> dialog, locate the macro that you want to use, and then click <emph>OK</emph>.<comment>UFI: see #i34509#</comment></paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10814" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Close the <emph>Properties</emph> dialog.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147350" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="76">(Optional) Specify the properties of the form that the button belongs to.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10828" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Right-click the button and choose <emph>Form</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1082F" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The <emph>Form Properties</emph> dialog opens.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10837" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Specify the properties for the form and then close the dialog.</paragraph>
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