Creating a Form Template Questions

Can I create a form? Meaning, can I create a document that has blanks (underscored blank spaces) that I can later edit to contain information/answers?
i.e. Name: ______ Address: _______
Then, if I can what is the best way to make it so that it is done in columns? I know I can set the document or section to have multiple columns but how do I control what content goes where? I would like to have the Address in the above example at the center of the page and all the blanks start and end exactly the same. Am I being clear? Basically four columns, the second and fourth being blanks as described.
I will need the form to create descriptions of projects while keeping the same format/layout for all projects. I would like to create the template now and just use that template, editing the content or filling in blanks.

If you have Acrobat Pro and open a pdf that looks like a form (could be created in Filemaker, Word, etc.), there is a command to auto-recognize the fields and make a fillable pdf form. It worked like a charm for a form that I printed to a pdf from FileMaker Pro.
Good luck,
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Venkatesha,
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Creating Well-Formed XML Question

I need to create an xml document in a specific format. I've created a test case using the scott/tiger schema. Here's what I need:
<ALL_DEPARTMENTS>
<DEPEARTMENT>ACCOUNTING
<LOCATION>NEW YORK</LOCATION>
<NAME>CLARK
<JOB>MANAGER</JOB>
<HIREDATE>06/09/1981</HIREDATE>
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cursor myDept is
select deptno from scott.dept;
eachDept myDept%ROWTYPE;
cursor myEmp is
select * from scott.emp where
deptNo = eachDept.deptNo;
eachEmp myEmp%ROWTYPE;
targetDoc dbms_xmldom.domdocument;
root dbms_xmldom.domelement;
sourceDoc dbms_xmldom.domdocument;
elem dbms_xmldom.domelement;
firstTarget XMLType := xmlType('<ALL_DEPARTMENTS/>');
firstXML XMLType;
secondXML XMLType;
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loop
fetch myDept into eachDept;
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select
xmlelement("DEPARTMENT",dname,
xmlelement("LOCATION",loc)) into firstXML from scott.dept
where deptno = eachDept.deptNo;
sourceDoc := dbms_xmldom.newdomdocument(firstXML);
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Loop
fetch myEmp into eachEmp;
Exit when myEmp%NOTFOUND;
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xmlelement("JOB",job),
xmlelement("HIREDATE",to_char(hiredate,'MM/DD/YYYY')))
into secondXML
from
scott.emp
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<DEPARTMENT>ACCOUNTING
<LOCATION>NEW YORK</LOCATION>
</DEPARTMENT>
<NAME>CLARK
<JOB>MANAGER</JOB>
<HIREDATE>06/09/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>KING
<JOB>PRESIDENT</JOB>
<HIREDATE>11/17/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>MILLER
<JOB>CLERK</JOB>
<HIREDATE>01/23/1982</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<DEPARTMENT>RESEARCH
<LOCATION>DALLAS</LOCATION>
</DEPARTMENT>
<NAME>SMITH
<JOB>CLERK</JOB>
<HIREDATE>12/17/1980</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>JONES
<JOB>MANAGER</JOB>
<HIREDATE>04/02/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>SCOTT
<JOB>ANALYST</JOB>
<HIREDATE>12/09/1982</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>ADAMS
<JOB>CLERK</JOB>
<HIREDATE>01/12/1983</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>FORD
<JOB>ANALYST</JOB>
<HIREDATE>12/03/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<DEPARTMENT>SALES
<LOCATION>CHICAGO</LOCATION>
</DEPARTMENT>
<NAME>ALLEN
<JOB>SALESMAN</JOB>
<HIREDATE>02/20/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>WARD
<JOB>SALESMAN</JOB>
<HIREDATE>02/22/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>MARTIN
<JOB>SALESMAN</JOB>
<HIREDATE>09/28/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>BLAKE
<JOB>MANAGER</JOB>
<HIREDATE>05/01/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>TURNER
<JOB>SALESMAN</JOB>
<HIREDATE>09/08/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>JAMES
<JOB>CLERK</JOB>
<HIREDATE>12/03/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<DEPARTMENT>OPERATIONS
<LOCATION>BOSTON</LOCATION>
</DEPARTMENT>
</ALL_DEPARTMENTS>
How can I get the closing </DEPARTMENT> to fall after all the names associated with that department? I'm sure it's something simple, but I'm just not seeing it.

Does this make sense to anyone?
<DEPARTMENT>ACCOUNTING
<LOCATION>NEW YORK</LOCATION>
</DEPARTMENT>
<NAME>CLARK
<JOB>MANAGER</JOB>
<HIREDATE>06/09/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
<NAME>KING
<JOB>PRESIDENT</JOB>
<HIREDATE>11/17/1981</HIREDATE>
</NAME>
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          xmlattributes(d.dname as "DeptName", d.loc as "Location"),
          (select xmlagg(xmlelement("ENames",
               xmlforest(e.ename as "Ename", e.job as "Job", e.hiredate as "Hiredate")))
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<ENames>
<Ename>MILLER</Ename>
<Job>CLERK</Job>
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<Department DeptName="RESEARCH" Location="DALLAS">
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<Ename>SMITH</Ename>
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<Ename>JONES</Ename>
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<ENames>
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<Job>ANALYST</Job>
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<Department DeptName="SALES" Location="CHICAGO">
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<Ename>ALLEN</Ename>
<Job>SALESMAN</Job>
<Hiredate>1981-02-20</Hiredate>
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<ENames>
<Ename>WARD</Ename>
<Job>SALESMAN</Job>
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<ENames>
<Ename>MARTIN</Ename>
<Job>SALESMAN</Job>
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<ENames>
<Ename>BLAKE</Ename>
<Job>MANAGER</Job>
<Hiredate>1981-05-01</Hiredate>
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<ENames>
<Ename>TURNER</Ename>
<Job>SALESMAN</Job>
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<ENames>
<Ename>JAMES</Ename>
<Job>CLERK</Job>
<Hiredate>1981-12-03</Hiredate>
</ENames>
</Department>
<Department DeptName="OPERATIONS" Location="BOSTON"/>
</AllDepartments>
Quite different from what you wanted.
Ben

PDF form template displaying multiple sets of data loaded from xfdf

Hello
I would like to use PDF Forms with data stored in xfdf files.
Is it possible to create pdf form (template) for displaying and printing multiple sets of data stored in xfdf?
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