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nckare
 
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Thanks Margaret. This helped. Both the instructions for VBA code to trigger
the document to update fields each time it is opened, which causes the prompt
to be fired. And, the example of nesting the FILLIN field within a SET
bookmark field. Too bad it wasn't clear from the Microsoft instructions for
these form codes.


"Margaret Aldis" wrote:

The ASK field prompts the user whenever the field is updated, so to get the
prompt you need to trigger a field update. For instance, you could use it to
get the user to enter data before printing (by setting the option to update
fields before printing).

Depending on what you are trying to do, there may be better ways of doing
it. See here for a summary of the various possibilities (including how to
set a bookmark on a FILLIN field, if that's what you are looking for):

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm

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