[mso] Re: Word form fields question
- From: "Dian Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:17:18 -0600
Actually, I don't believe that is the case, David. This is something I've
done a lot. You create a fax form and some info is duplicated in a few other
spots. It can pretty easily be created as a fax form and then code the
couple fields as reference fields so when the user tabs out of say the
company field to enter other info, that name is put within the other spots
in the form. It's actually a pretty basic process and fairly easy, just hard
to wrap your brain around if you've never done it before...but it's really
one of the easiest settings because each form field has a bookmark and the
ref field links the bookmarks to the new locations. So it does just what she
needs.
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of David Smart
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:10 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Word form fields question
It actually sounds like a "mail merge" type of exercise. Would that
approach be better?
Regards, Dave S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Robson" <anne.robson@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 8:31 AM
Subject: [mso] Re: Word form fields question
> Yeow not a good idea for me to be looking at this at 9.30 pm! My brain
> hurts! LOL
> Trying to work through it, I think it's going to be a lot of work still so
> not sure if it's going to be worth the effort for the (relatively) few
> times
> I need it. But I'll persevere!
>
> 2009/2/18 Dian Chapman <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Hey Anne...
>>
>> There are a couple of ways to do this, depending on your skill level. You
>> could simply wrap a bookmark around the initial info and then have that
>> pulled into different locations, or you can use a simple inputbox to
>> capture
>> the info and pass that to each location, or you can create a custom
>> dialog
>> box and pass the info to each spot or even just use form fields.
>>
>> So start with this article and see if this does what you want:
>>
>> Pass Repeated Information in a Word Document
>> http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=224
>>
>> If that doesn't do the trick for you, you can check out the other forms
>> article here: http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms, but you
>> might also want to then post in my Word VBA group, which handles forms
>> and
>> coding issues like this. Since everyone there is doing this type of
>> stuff,
>> you might get more suggestions about the best way to handle your issue
>> once
>> you explain what you need to do to the group.
>>
>> Good luck...
>>
>> Dian D. Chapman
>> Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP
>> MOS Certified Instructor, Editor/TechTrax Ezine
>> Tech Editor for Word & Office 2007 Bibles
>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Dian.Chapman
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Anne Robson
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:39 AM
>> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [mso] Word form fields question
>>
>> This may be one for Dian!!!
>> I need to create a template that will send the same info request to four
>> separate destinations. The info would be like this:
>>
>> Fax to: (fax number)
>> Company: (company name)
>>
>> Please provide a price for product A based on these variables:
>>
>> A (name)
>> B (address)
>> C (date of birth)
>> etc etc
>>
>> The variables would all refer to the same info, and the destination info
>> (company name and fax no) would be for the same companies on each
>> occasion.
>> What I need is a way to enter the variables A B C etc only once but have
>> the
>> info appear on each of the request sheets. I'm used to ASK and FILLIN
>> fields but I don't know what to use to replicate the info several times
>> in
>> one document.
>>
>> Help please?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Anne
>>
>>
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