Sorry, I can't help you there cos' I never bothered to use the Fillin
field since using form fields is so much easier and more straight
forward, IMO...vba included or not.

Here's a different article you might want to check out:

How to create a template that makes it easy for users to "fill in the
blanks", without doing any programming
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm

Good luck...

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Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:52:41 -0000, "JMP" wrote:

Whaooo...

Don't you think all this is over the top ???

I just want to use the {FILLIN} field... simply because... this is simple
(don't anyone love simple stuff anymore)

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

http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html


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