How do I insert a field such as 'fillin' or 'ask' so that when a Word
Template is opened the requested information populates many areas of the
document.

Example: I want the user to be asked to record the title of a product and I
want this to populate the title page, the footer, the header and three other
places in the document too.

I can set up six seperate 'fillin' fields but it measn the user having to
type in the same details six times into six dialogue boxes. The help section
says you can do it using 'ask' and 'ref' fields but these need a bookmark
which won't be created until the user has opened the template!

For just one piece of data, the simplest thing to do is insert { Docvariable
"varname" } fields at the locations where you want the data to appear and
have an autonew macro that causes an InputBox to appear so that the user can
enter the information into and then updates the fields in the document so
that the data is displayed. The following is the basics of the code for the
autonew macro

With ActiveDocument
.Variables(varname).Value = InputBox("Enter whatever it is here", "Title
for Input Box")
.PrintPreview
.ClosePrintPreview
End With

For multiple pieces of data, it would be better to use a Userform.

See the article "How to create a Userform" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm


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"Colinhp" wrote in message
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How do I insert a field such as 'fillin' or 'ask' so that when a Word
Template is opened the requested information populates many areas of the
document.

Example: I want the user to be asked to record the title of a product and
I
want this to populate the title page, the footer, the header and three
other
places in the document too.

I can set up six seperate 'fillin' fields but it measn the user having to
type in the same details six times into six dialogue boxes. The help
section
says you can do it using 'ask' and 'ref' fields but these need a bookmark
which won't be created until the user has opened the template!

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

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"Colinhp" wrote in message
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How do I insert a field such as 'fillin' or 'ask' so that when a Word
Template is opened the requested information populates many areas of the
document.

Example: I want the user to be asked to record the title of a product and
I
want this to populate the title page, the footer, the header and three
other
places in the document too.

I can set up six seperate 'fillin' fields but it measn the user having to
type in the same details six times into six dialogue boxes. The help
section
says you can do it using 'ask' and 'ref' fields but these need a bookmark
which won't be created until the user has opened the template!