You can use a REF field in a header, but you will need an update macro run
on exit from the associated form field to update it. Use the code at
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
Alternatively format the field with a character style with a unique name and
use a Styleref field.

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Narowr wrote:
Hi,

I'm trying to create a template to be used at work so that all
employees will be using the same format for all outgoing letters. I
created the template as a form with several very simple fields. Since
I can't use a field in the header, but all our documents require that
the name of the person to whom the letter is addressed and their
company be listed in the header of the second page, and since as soon
as I lock my form, I can no longer make any changes in the header -
I'm freaking out.

I managed to do a copy / paste special and paste the link to show up
instead of a field, but of course, it's linked to my template - not
the document that people will be working in, so the name and company
don't change in the 2nd page header when they're entered at the top
of the letter.

Wow, that was hard to explain. Any suggestions?

Thanks.