1. A system for routing a form to selected users in a plurality of users of the system, the system comprising: a display device for displaying images of forms, each form having defined characteristics; a memory means for storing and retrieving data describing the defined characteristics of the forms, the data further describing an organizational hierarchy having a plurality of positions, a user assigned to each position, and an address for each user, the data further defining a plurality of routing definitions, each routing definition including a sequence of selected positions contained in the organizational hierarchy, each form having at least one routing definition; an input device for selecting a form and entering data into a displayed image of the form in response to manipulation of the input device; and a processing unit coupled to the display device, the memory means and the input device for processing the data stored in the memory means and the data entered with the input device to provide an image of the selected form on the display device with the entered data, the processing unit creating a data file from the entered data, determining the addresses of selected users to automatically receive the data file according to the sequence of selected positions of the organizational hierarchy included in the routing definition for the selected form, and automatically transmitting the data file to the selected users in the defined sequence.