The simple solution is to use a little VBA to make sure your document
is in Print Layout View.

But I gather by the 'blah blah blahs' you aren't interested in taking
this route.

And no, it's not just for 'fancy stuff' it's for making what you want
to have happen, happen. :-)

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"JMP" wrote in message
...

The only Pb I have is: why is the document displayed AFTER the user
is prompted for the info instead of BEFORE.... otherwise, the
{FILLIN} field does the job just as I want it....

Note that:
- If the template is in 'Normal View' instead of 'Print View', it
works as I would expect
- If I take the 'Professional Fax' template as a starting point, and
add my {FILLIN} field into it, it works as expected despite the fact
this is a 'Print View' view...

So why taking the big vbapons out just for this? Ok, I know, vba
rocks blah blah blah and you can do plenty of fancy stuff with
it....blah blah blah...

But can't anyone have a simple solution ?

Pleeaaaaseeeee....

Mane Thanks

JM


"Dian D. Chapman, MVP" wrote in message
...
You might want to check out my series of free Forms articles,
particularly the "Please Fill Out This Form" series...which starts
at
a newbie level through database connectivity. It'll show you how to
get these forms working properly.

You can find that series, and many other forms article he

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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:04:58 -0000, "JMP" wrote:

Hi gurus,

I am trying to create a word document template that prompts the
user for
informations when creating the document. I have managed to create a
template
using the { FILLIN "Enter you name" } kind of field. So when the
user
creates
a document from the template, the user is prompted for "Enter Your
Name".
However, at this point, the document behind (in word) is still
blank
(nothing
from the default text). It is only after the user has answered all
the
questions that the document is shown.

Is there any way to show the document in the background when the
user in
prompted for the fields ?

Many thanks

JM