<p class="Head1"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="1"/><help:help-id value="SID_FM_OPEN_READONLY"/><help:key-word value="forms; opening in design mode" tag="kw65937_1"/><help:key-word value="controls; activating in forms" tag="kw65937_5"/><help:key-word value="design mode; after saving" tag="kw65937_4"/><help:key-word value="documents; opening in design mode" tag="kw65937_3"/><help:key-word value="edit mode; after opening" tag="kw65937_2"/><help:link Id="65937">Open in Design Mode</help:link></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2"/><help:help-text value="visible">Opens forms in <help:link Id="66190">Design Mode</help:link> so that the form can be edited.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>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.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>After you have finished editing your form, right-click "Forms" in the <span class="T1">Form Navigator</span> and deselect <span class="T1">Open in Design Mode</span>. Save your form when you are finished.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If the form document is write-protected, the <span class="T1">Open in Design Mode</span> command is ignored.</p>