See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Hutch" wrote in message
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In WordPerfect, we use a merge to perform keyboard prompts in form
letters.
Now we are converting to Word and I cannot find anything like this. I'm
developing a form letter with prompts for: current date, inside address,
Registration Number, Customer name, document received reference date,
phone
extension, PM Name, Section name, initials, etc. These input fields do
not
come from a database - the letter is created in response to an application
received. I appreciate your assistance.