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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have recently needed to review the way that form controls can be represented in OOXML. It seems that there are two approaches, and both of these are documented in Part 1. The first approach is to use fields as documented in section 17.16. The second approach is to use structured document tags as documented in section 17.5.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There seems to be a fair amount of overlap in functionality between these two approaches, and this has caused me to wonder whether one of these (probably the use of fields) should be considered a “legacy” approach and moved to Part 4.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There appears to be some support for doing just that in an unlikely place: in the Microsoft Word 2007 / 2010 user interface. The tools for inserting form fields into a document are grouped together in a box labelled “Legacy Forms”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’d be interested to hear expert opinions on this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Francis<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>