Use Conditions to add real intelligence to forms. In this form you will apply two simple Conditions to accommodate married and unmarried signers. In real-world forms, you will use conditional words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and even multi-page sections to create sophisticated decisioning machines that evaluate and compare text, dates, and numbers provided by the form user.

My name is Terry Vance, and my spouse’s name is Gena Vance.

Signed by:

TERRY VANCE
signing as an individual and on behalf of the marital community composed of Terry Vance and Gena Vance

Click Questionnaire, Create to add a
questionnaire at the bottom of this document, and
type labels and questions as shown here.

Replace each name (Terry Vance or Gena Vance) with
a Field as you did in Practice 3a. (Select the name and
click Field). Remember to use UPPERCASE format
when needed.

Select the phrase , and my spouse’s name is {SpouseName}
(include the comma at the beginning, but exclude the period at the
end) and click Condition. In the Condition screen, select
SpouseName, select is not empty, and click OK.

Repeat what you did in , but this time select the phrase and on behalf of the marital community composed of {SignerName} and {SpouseName}.

The form is complete! Remember to save it as a Word Template (.dotx), then try it out.

You can now use Conditions to alter language in a finished document based on responses in the questionnaire. You could include/exclude language depending on dates (is the person a minor?), numbers (is the height less than the width?), or any other combination of considerations (is the addressee a longstanding customer with a past-due amount larger than $500 that’s more than 90 days overdue?). In the next Practice you will create Lists.