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I have a long document with a master table near the beginning. There are
more table later on in the document, and I would like them to pick up information that is entered in the first table. (like linking cells in Excel). I also need these cells to automatically update when the master table information is amended. Is this possible? Many thanks |
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Hi ?B?RA==?=,
I have a long document with a master table near the beginning. There are more table later on in the document, and I would like them to pick up information that is entered in the first table. (like linking cells in Excel). I also need these cells to automatically update when the master table information is amended. Is this possible? Yes, but it's not foolproof. You can select the *text content* of each cell (but not the entire cell!), then Insert/bookmark and give it a bookmark name. The information can then be displayed elsewhere using a REF field (Insert/Cross reference works, too). It won't update automatically; you'd need something like Ctrl+A, F9 to force the REF fields to update. And the bookmarks are all too easily deleted when editing... Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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In addition to what Cindy has said, you might look at
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm for other methods. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "D" wrote in message ... I have a long document with a master table near the beginning. There are more table later on in the document, and I would like them to pick up information that is entered in the first table. (like linking cells in Excel). I also need these cells to automatically update when the master table information is amended. Is this possible? Many thanks |
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Thank you both so much for this - I've had a brief go at it and I think it
will work. I will post again when I have had a chance to do it properly. I am very grateful! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In addition to what Cindy has said, you might look at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm for other methods. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "D" wrote in message ... I have a long document with a master table near the beginning. There are more table later on in the document, and I would like them to pick up information that is entered in the first table. (like linking cells in Excel). I also need these cells to automatically update when the master table information is amended. Is this possible? Many thanks |
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