How to Create a Fax Email Order Form

There are many start up businesses that would love to have fax and email order forms. You could purchase these at your local office supply or even have some printed especially for you or your business. But you can do this yourself if you have a computer with Microsoft Word and a printer.

1. Make a hand written copy of what you want your order form to look like on a paper. Put in the logo, what the header will look like and all the fields you want on your form.


2. Enter Microsoft Word and open a blank file. Following your hand drawn order form place the logo and company info you want at the top of the form. Remember that you can move all this around and change it once you are done. This info should include all information unless you are placing it elsewhere on the form.


3. Make a section now that the customer can use to provide their information. Name or business name, address, ship address, phone numbers and email address. You can use the draw function in Word to make the lines and text blocks.


4. Click on “table” in Word and create a table. You can click on Insert and then Table in the main menu of Word, which will take you to the “Insert Table” box. You can then pick how many columns and rows you need based on the hand drawn order form you made as a template.


5. Make another single column with four rows right underneath that table and right justify it so it is directly underneath the table above. In this column you could have subtotal, sales tax, shipping charge, and total due.


6. Create one more area underneath that one you can use for methods of payment. You can type in credit card, check, on account and money order and put a box next to each so the customer can choose which payment he will use. Be sure to add lines so they can write in card numbers or account numbers with those choices.


7. Once you have completed the form you can upload it to your website if that is where you business is located or you can send it to your printer for printing. Then your customers will be able to access the form for use when ordering.