When you have open the form in this way you can easy switch between edit mode and not edit mode. You can open it in edit mode by right clicking and then choose for edit. When you open a form as document then it is not open in edit mode but only input mode for data. You have also to understand that the word 'form' does have two meanings: Understanding the idea of forms is realy important when you want work with OOo. I will try to explain the idea of forms in. 2) Using the tablecontrol / grid control.