In custom tools developed in the Forms tool, you can apply different styles to any selected form. Styles affect form background settings as well as all layout and text style settings. Form styles are based on CSS files. In custom tools developed in the InfoPath Forms tool, styles are applied in Microsoft InfoPath.

• Select a style file for a selected form from the options provided in the Forms tool.

• Select a custom style file for a selected form.

• Revise style definitions in a style files.

• Create and apply a new style file.

Selecting a style file for a form

The Groove Forms tool offers a set of different style files that you can apply to a selected form.

1. Open the Designer.
2. Expand the Forms section and select the form you want to modify.
3. Click the Style drop-down list and select a style.
4. Save your changes.

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Selecting a custom style file for a form

You can apply any CSS style file to a form.

1. Open the Designer.
2. Expand the Forms section and select the form in which you want to apply a custom style file.
3. Expand the Styles section and click Create New Style...

 Note    If you don't see a Styles section, check the Show Advanced Design Features box.

4. Click Browse in the Add Style dialog box to open an Open File dialog box.
5. Select the .css style file you want to add and click Open.

The style file is added to the Styles list.

6. Select the style you added from the Style drop-down list to apply it to the selected form.

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Revising style definitions in a style file

You can revise any of the style definitions in style files you apply to forms, including the style files that come with the Forms tool. To do so, you must first add the style file to the Styles section of the Design Object Pane. Then you can select it and revise it.

1. Open the Designer.
2. Expand the Styles section and select the style file you want.

 Note    If you don't see a Styles section, check the Show Advanced Design Features box.

The style file opens in the Custom Style Editor.

3. Make the changes you want and click OK.

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Creating and applying a new style file

You can create and apply a new style file directly in the Forms designer.

1. Open the Designer.
2. Expand the Forms section and select the form in which you want to apply a custom style file.
3. Expand the Styles section and click Create New Style...

 Note    If you don't see a Styles section, check the Show Advanced Design Features box.

4. Click New to open the Custom Style Editor.

To help get you started, the style editor initially contains a standard set of .css style names.

5. Name the new style.
6. Add the style definitions you want and click OK.

The new style file is added to the Style list in the Design Object Pane.

7. Select the style you added from the Style drop-down list to apply it to the selected form.

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