The following information was put together by: SFC Ryan C. Harris SDARNG
Creating Forms
Use your CAC card to Log on to AKO. if you don't log in with your CAC you won’t have access to everything you need.
Download the form viewer software: https://chess.army.mil/ascp/commerce/download/lotus_forms_viewer.jsp?_requestid=3464
Go back to the main menu and click on FORMS in upper right hand of screen. A new window will open
Click on Draft
Under Form Finder type in the form number
Click Search. A new window will open.
Click on the Form you want under Form Title. A new window will open with Form
Fill out the form
Click Save
Continue
Yes
Check Box on Form (Form will be named whatever the form is)
Click Rename. Rename Form. When renaming document the proper procedure would be Lastname.FirstnameFormYYMM. EX. Snuffy.JoeNCOER1001). Click Rename
Click Continue
For Existing Forms
Use your CAC card to log on to AKO.
Click on FORMS in upper right hand corner of the screen. A new window will open.
Click on Draft
Click on Upload Form
Click on Browse-->Find the form-->Open-->Upload-->Yes-->Continue
Check Box on Form (form will be named YOURNAME_UPLOAD)
Click Rename: (When renaming document the proper procedure would be Lastname.FirstnameFormYYMM. EX. Snuffy.JoeNCOER1001)
Click Rename
Click Continue
Routing Forms
Use your CAC card to Log on to AKO
Click on FORMS in upper right hand of screen. A new window will open
Click on Draft
Check Box of Form you wish to route
Click on Rate Slip
Find name of individual you wish to route to (Last Name, First Name)
Check individual
Add As Original
Add To Email (Under Email Copy type a message to the receiving individual)
Click Route to send (soldiers who have their AKO mail forwarded to their Guard email will receive it through there. Those that do not will have to go to their AKO inbox.