Thank you so much. I have created a simple letter that needs user input and
it works. Now I will program a macro to access the letter and I will be set.
Although I had formal training for WP and WANG, I am self-taught in MS. I
didn't bother to read about online forms because I thought they were only to
be used online. I usually figure things out easily, but this one thing has
had me perplexed for 2 years.
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:
First, take the time to go through the links I gave you. You need to do
this - for your sanity - and to do your job. You don't have to do it all at
once but it should be a high priority, at least half an hour a day. Delaying
on this will result in you and those you work with who use your work doing a
lot of extra work!
Take a look at macrobutton fields as placeholders. See
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide...tm#MacroButton,
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFl...acroButton.htm for more
about macrobutton fields. The F11 key advances automatically to the next
field.
Take a look at AutoText and the AutoTextList field.
Take a look at what Word calls an "online form." Check this in help. For
more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.
Hope this helps,
--
Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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I have saved documents as templates. It is frustrating when working on 25
long documents, different text needs to be inserted in each one, and they
need to be completed in 2 hours. I have tried using ??? for the spots
that I
am to insert text; then I use FIND and key in the text. It takes too long
and I have to read each document to ensure that I am inputting the correct
text in the correct spot. In WP5.1, I would activate the macro; the
cursor
would be at the spot for text to be input; I'd input the text and hit
ENTER
for the cursor to stop at the next insertion point. When the letter was
finished, the macro copied the address to the envelope and printed both
the
letter and the envelope. It took about 3-4 minutes to complete each
letter
from start to finish. That's what I want to accomplish with MS WORD.
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:
I know. I know. I feel for you. I had WP macros that were hundreds of
lines
and interactive. In Word you can create interactive macros. What I am
telling you, though, is to first learn how Word does things. What you are
trying to write a macro for can probably be done much more simply either
without one or with one that uses features you haven't considered.
--
Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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Back in 1994, I used WP5.1 extensively. I used macros everyday. Three
of
the macros that I programmed were letters that required user input in
various
sections. One macro took about 2 minutes to program and saved so much
time
when I ran it. In 3 days, I had printed out the same amount of letters
and
addressed envelopes, that took another person (who didn't understand
macros)
3 three weeks to do the same amount. I am trying to accomplish that
same
macro in MS WORD.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Word uses macros in an entirely different way to WP. What exactly are
you
trying to achieve?
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wrote:
When I would program macros in WP 5.1, I used the command CTRL PgUp
RETURN RETURN so that the macro would stop at the place where I
wanted to insert text and the macro would then continue to the end.
Can anyone tell me what the command is in MS Word to accomplish the
same macro? Pausing the macro does not work.