Add an InfoPath Form Web Part to a SharePoint Web Part Page

12/24/2011 11:10:25 AM

To add and configure an InfoPath Form web part on a SharePoint web part page, follow these steps:

1.	Navigate to the SharePoint page and select Edit Page from the ribbon bar. (Or create a new web part page.)
2.	Click Add a Web Part in the zone where you want the InfoPath Form web part.
3.	Select the Forms category and select InfoPath Form Web Part, as shown in Figure 1. Click Add to add it to the selected zone. Figure 1. Selecting InfoPath Form Web Part allows you to add it to your page.
4.	From the web part item menu, select Edit Web Part, as shown in Figure 2, to open the tool pane. Figure 2. Editing the web part opens the tool pane.
5.	In the web part tool pane, select the form library that contains the form you want to display. Make sure your form is selected in the Content Type drop-down, as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3. Selecting the library and content type configures the form to be displayed. Tip Although it states that you may select only forms that have been published to a library or list, you may also select forms that have been published as content types and added to the library or list.
6.	Click OK in the web part tool pane.
7.	Click Stop Editing on the ribbon bar to save the page.

Browsing the page displays the InfoPath form on the page itself. Clicking the Edit tab in the ribbon bar displays the InfoPath commands to the user, as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4. Clicking the Edit tab displays the InfoPath commands available for the form.

Tip

The same steps can be used for a wiki page. Simply select the Web Part button from the Insert ribbon bar menu for step 2.

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Add an InfoPath Form Web Part to a SharePoint Web Part Page

Figure 1. Selecting InfoPath Form Web Part allows you to add it to your page.

Figure 2. Editing the web part opens the tool pane.

Figure 3. Selecting the library and content type configures the form to be displayed.

Figure 4. Clicking the Edit tab displays the InfoPath commands available for the form.