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Make the blank form in Word and save it. Open it, add your information to it, and "Save As" a new file name. The blank form will still be available, as will the filled in form which has been saved under a different name.

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Depending on the type of form and what information you are looking to enter and save, perhaps consideration should be given to a database program. Use of a database program will allow you to design your file (form), and enter data to a blank form each time a new record is created. All data will be saved within the same file, each form as an independant record within the file.
One such program is Filemaker Pro, an easy to learn and use relational database program that will allow the user to create just about any sort of program one needs. Other choices would be Microsoft Access or Lotus Approach, but these are more difficult to learn and work with. Microsoft Works also contains a fairly simple database that is somewhat limited in it's capabilities, but may suffice for what you are looking for. Filemaker Pro can be learned in a relatively short time, and is extremely flexible and easy to adapt to your specific needs.
Especially helpful if later on you need another form designed with different information, that relates in one way or another to the original. Data can be shared between the two forms by defining a relationship between the two files.
HIt the library and look at some books on database design and applications. Easier than many think to design and work with, database programs are extremely useful and powerful for a miriad of applications.

The suggestions you have received are excellent, but I would add one item: On your original file, simply make it "read only"; then you cannot accidentally save it with the filled out form.
I do this with a Letterhead form I devised, and you'r be surprised at how many times the read only format has saved that original!
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