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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Open in Design Mode</title>
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32<section id="imentwurfsmodusoeffnen">
33<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156211"><bookmark_value>forms; opening in design mode</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>controls; activating in forms</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>design mode after saving</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>documents; opening in design mode</bookmark_value>
37<bookmark_value>edit mode; after opening</bookmark_value>
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41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156211" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/shared/02/01171000.xhp" name="Open in Design Mode">Open in Design Mode</link></paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146130" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><ahelp hid=".uno:OpenReadOnly">Opens forms in <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/04030000.xhp" name="Design Mode">Design Mode</link> so that the form can be edited.</ahelp></paragraph>
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44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155805" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">You cannot activate the controls of the form or edit contents of database records in Design Mode. However, you can change the position and size of the controls, edit other properties, and add or delete controls in Design Mode.</paragraph>
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48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147089" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">After you have finished editing your form, right-click "Forms" in the <emph>Form Navigator</emph> and deselect <emph>Open in Design Mode</emph>. Save your form when you are finished.</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3154749" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">If the form document is write-protected, the <emph>Open in Design Mode</emph> command is ignored.</paragraph>
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