---
title: "Add a Sheet"
slug: "add-a-sheet"
description: "Describes how to add a sheet to a Lasernet Core form."
tags: ["Form Editor", "Lasernet Core", "Sheet"]
updated: 2026-04-15T12:26:05Z
published: 2026-04-15T12:26:05Z
canonical: "kb.lasernetgroup.com/add-a-sheet"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.lasernetgroup.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add a Sheet

Each of a form’s sheets can generate output when Lasernet Core processes that form. To set up a form to generate an additional output document, add a sheet to the form.

For example, suppose a form already has a sheet that generates a PDF invoice from XML data. You can add a second sheet that generates (from that same data) an HTML invoice that can be included in an order-related email.

Or, you can create multiple sheets that generate notably different output from the same data (for example, differently branded documents that otherwise contain the same information). To do this, you can apply unique sheet criteria to each of the form’s sheets so that (depending on some aspect of the input data received when processing a job) Lasernet Core will process only one of that form’s sheets.

> [!NOTE]
> Note for Lasernet Core 11 and 10 users (not Lasernet Essentials / Professional / Advanced)
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> When you add a new form to a configuration, a blank sheet for handling incoming data is automatically created and named **Sheet 1**. You can rename the sheet in the [Sheet Options](/v1/docs/sheet-options) dialog.
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> The sheet is initially empty, so you need to open a grab file by clicking **Select Grab File(s)** from the **Form** menu. The grab file contains a representative example of the administrative system output that you want to process through Lasernet Core.

## Steps

To add a sheet to a form, follow these steps:

1. In the lower-left area of the Form Editor window, right-click on an existing sheet tab, then click **Add**. The **Sheet Options** window opens.
2. On the **General** page of the **Sheet Options** window, change the **Name** of the sheet.
3. If necessary, change the **Output type** of the sheet.

> [!NOTE]
> Note for Lasernet Core 11 and 10 users (not Lasernet Essentials / Professional / Advanced)
> 
> The available selections for **Output type** are limited by the sheet’s **Input type** (which must match the form’s **Input Format**).
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> After you create a form, you cannot change its **Input format**. So, when you create a sheet, you must choose a sheet **Output type** that is compatible with the selected input type.
4. **To add sheet criteria:** Use the tools on the **Criteria** page of the **Sheet Options** window. For more information, see [Use Criteria](/v1/docs/use-criteria) and the Criteria part of the [Sheet Options](/v1/docs/sheet-options#criteria) page.
5. Make any other necessary changes to the sheet’s options. For more information about sheet options, see [Sheet Options](/v1/docs/sheet-options).
6. Click **OK**.

## Next Steps

> [!NOTE]
> Note
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> The following information applies only to Lasernet Core 11 and 10 (not Lasernet Essentials).

Before you [create your sheet design](/v1/docs/design-form) (for example, by adding text, input data, tables, and charts to the design), there are some prerequisite steps which depend on the **Output Type** of the sheet.

### If the Output Type is EMF-Based PDF, TIFF, or EMF

The design of EMF-based output is based on a prespecified multipage-based structure. To learn about this structure, see [Pages](/v1/docs/pages). Consequently, for this type of output you do not need to create a sheet structure. Instead, you can proceed straight to [adding text, input data, and other elements to the form design](/v1/docs/design-form).

### If the Output Type is Rich-Text-Based PDF, DOCX, or HTML/XHTML

The design of rich-text-based output has a single-page-based structure. So, for this type of output, you do not need to create a sheet structure; instead, you can proceed straight to [adding text, input data, and other elements to the form design](/v1/docs/design-form).

### All Other Output Types

For all other output types, you must specify the structure of the sheet before you design its content. See [Create the Sheet Structure](/v1/docs/create-the-sheet-structure).