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using bookmarks as variables - help!
Hello,
I am working on creating a contract in Word 2007 in which I want to lock down most of the document, and then limit certain terms to a predefined range. As an example, I would like the document end-user to be able to select billing terms of either: "thirty (30)" days; or "sixty (60)" days So I inserted a dropdown with those choices. I would like their selection to update text later in the document. So I assigned the dropdown a bookmark and then inserted a formula field referencing the bookmark. This works, however it only shows the text in parenthesis (i.e. it shows "(30)" not "thirty (30)". What is going on? Is there a better way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards -- |
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Hi,
I suspect you're referencing the dropdown field with a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0;0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0;0} What this *actually* returns is '-30', but the ';0' in the picture switch is forcing it to show as an absolute value. If you had a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0} you'd see '-30'. To get the REF field to show your text, as well as the number, delete the picture switch. That is, use a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1} or {Dropdown1} -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hello, I am working on creating a contract in Word 2007 in which I want to lock down most of the document, and then limit certain terms to a predefined range. As an example, I would like the document end-user to be able to select billing terms of either: "thirty (30)" days; or "sixty (60)" days So I inserted a dropdown with those choices. I would like their selection to update text later in the document. So I assigned the dropdown a bookmark and then inserted a formula field referencing the bookmark. This works, however it only shows the text in parenthesis (i.e. it shows "(30)" not "thirty (30)". What is going on? Is there a better way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards -- |
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Hmmm, I was actually using a formula field. I tried the ref field as you
indicated below, and that actually inserts a copy of the dropdown, rather than the value of the dropdown. All I want to do is insert the string value selected in the dropdown later in the document...and have it update as it changes. I'm suprised it is so difficult to do so. This is simplicity in excel, access, vb...but apparenty not so much in word. "macropod" wrote: Hi, I suspect you're referencing the dropdown field with a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0;0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0;0} What this *actually* returns is '-30', but the ';0' in the picture switch is forcing it to show as an absolute value. If you had a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0} you'd see '-30'. To get the REF field to show your text, as well as the number, delete the picture switch. That is, use a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1} or {Dropdown1} -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hello, I am working on creating a contract in Word 2007 in which I want to lock down most of the document, and then limit certain terms to a predefined range. As an example, I would like the document end-user to be able to select billing terms of either: "thirty (30)" days; or "sixty (60)" days So I inserted a dropdown with those choices. I would like their selection to update text later in the document. So I assigned the dropdown a bookmark and then inserted a formula field referencing the bookmark. This works, however it only shows the text in parenthesis (i.e. it shows "(30)" not "thirty (30)". What is going on? Is there a better way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards -- |
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Hi,
If you're getting a duplicate of your dropdown field, that suggests you've bookmarked the dropdown field and you're using that bookmark instead of the dropdown field's internal bookmark. Don't do that - use the dropdown field's internal bookmark instead. To access the dropdown field's internal bookmark, select the field, right-click and choose 'properties'. There you can insert a bookmark name (or use whatever's already there). Then delete the other bookmark from your dropdown field and use just the internal one. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hmmm, I was actually using a formula field. I tried the ref field as you indicated below, and that actually inserts a copy of the dropdown, rather than the value of the dropdown. All I want to do is insert the string value selected in the dropdown later in the document...and have it update as it changes. I'm suprised it is so difficult to do so. This is simplicity in excel, access, vb...but apparenty not so much in word. "macropod" wrote: Hi, I suspect you're referencing the dropdown field with a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0;0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0;0} What this *actually* returns is '-30', but the ';0' in the picture switch is forcing it to show as an absolute value. If you had a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0} you'd see '-30'. To get the REF field to show your text, as well as the number, delete the picture switch. That is, use a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1} or {Dropdown1} -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hello, I am working on creating a contract in Word 2007 in which I want to lock down most of the document, and then limit certain terms to a predefined range. As an example, I would like the document end-user to be able to select billing terms of either: "thirty (30)" days; or "sixty (60)" days So I inserted a dropdown with those choices. I would like their selection to update text later in the document. So I assigned the dropdown a bookmark and then inserted a formula field referencing the bookmark. This works, however it only shows the text in parenthesis (i.e. it shows "(30)" not "thirty (30)". What is going on? Is there a better way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards -- |
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I don't see any "internal bookmark" or any way to insert one. I was able to
copy the contents and "paste special" "paste HTML link. That seemed to work. To get it to auto-update, I had to go into VB and put a "fields.update" command into the ContentControlOnExit subroutiene: Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal ContentControl As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean) Fields.Update End Sub Is there a more elegant way to do this...espicially without using a VB code? Why can't I refrence the content control's value directly? It's a pain getting a digital signature on the project and configuring end-users options so they don't have to mess with the macro security every time. Regards "macropod" wrote: Hi, If you're getting a duplicate of your dropdown field, that suggests you've bookmarked the dropdown field and you're using that bookmark instead of the dropdown field's internal bookmark. Don't do that - use the dropdown field's internal bookmark instead. To access the dropdown field's internal bookmark, select the field, right-click and choose 'properties'. There you can insert a bookmark name (or use whatever's already there). Then delete the other bookmark from your dropdown field and use just the internal one. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hmmm, I was actually using a formula field. I tried the ref field as you indicated below, and that actually inserts a copy of the dropdown, rather than the value of the dropdown. All I want to do is insert the string value selected in the dropdown later in the document...and have it update as it changes. I'm suprised it is so difficult to do so. This is simplicity in excel, access, vb...but apparenty not so much in word. "macropod" wrote: Hi, I suspect you're referencing the dropdown field with a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0;0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0;0} What this *actually* returns is '-30', but the ';0' in the picture switch is forcing it to show as an absolute value. If you had a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0} you'd see '-30'. To get the REF field to show your text, as well as the number, delete the picture switch. That is, use a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1} or {Dropdown1} -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hello, I am working on creating a contract in Word 2007 in which I want to lock down most of the document, and then limit certain terms to a predefined range. As an example, I would like the document end-user to be able to select billing terms of either: "thirty (30)" days; or "sixty (60)" days So I inserted a dropdown with those choices. I would like their selection to update text later in the document. So I assigned the dropdown a bookmark and then inserted a formula field referencing the bookmark. This works, however it only shows the text in parenthesis (i.e. it shows "(30)" not "thirty (30)". What is going on? Is there a better way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards -- |
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Hi,
Are you using a Content Control 'Drop Down List', or a Dropdown formfield? I've been referring to the latter (available in Word 2007's Controls under 'Legacy Tools', whereas I now suspect you're referring to the former. Dropdown formfields have both a bookmark value and a 'calculate on exit' option that allows them to update all cross-references without the need for a macro. The formfields available under the 'Legacy Tools' are also compatible with earlier Word versions - Content Controls are not. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... I don't see any "internal bookmark" or any way to insert one. I was able to copy the contents and "paste special" "paste HTML link. That seemed to work. To get it to auto-update, I had to go into VB and put a "fields.update" command into the ContentControlOnExit subroutiene: Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal ContentControl As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean) Fields.Update End Sub Is there a more elegant way to do this...espicially without using a VB code? Why can't I refrence the content control's value directly? It's a pain getting a digital signature on the project and configuring end-users options so they don't have to mess with the macro security every time. Regards "macropod" wrote: Hi, If you're getting a duplicate of your dropdown field, that suggests you've bookmarked the dropdown field and you're using that bookmark instead of the dropdown field's internal bookmark. Don't do that - use the dropdown field's internal bookmark instead. To access the dropdown field's internal bookmark, select the field, right-click and choose 'properties'. There you can insert a bookmark name (or use whatever's already there). Then delete the other bookmark from your dropdown field and use just the internal one. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hmmm, I was actually using a formula field. I tried the ref field as you indicated below, and that actually inserts a copy of the dropdown, rather than the value of the dropdown. All I want to do is insert the string value selected in the dropdown later in the document...and have it update as it changes. I'm suprised it is so difficult to do so. This is simplicity in excel, access, vb...but apparenty not so much in word. "macropod" wrote: Hi, I suspect you're referencing the dropdown field with a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0;0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0;0} What this *actually* returns is '-30', but the ';0' in the picture switch is forcing it to show as an absolute value. If you had a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0} you'd see '-30'. To get the REF field to show your text, as well as the number, delete the picture switch. That is, use a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1} or {Dropdown1} -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hello, I am working on creating a contract in Word 2007 in which I want to lock down most of the document, and then limit certain terms to a predefined range. As an example, I would like the document end-user to be able to select billing terms of either: "thirty (30)" days; or "sixty (60)" days So I inserted a dropdown with those choices. I would like their selection to update text later in the document. So I assigned the dropdown a bookmark and then inserted a formula field referencing the bookmark. This works, however it only shows the text in parenthesis (i.e. it shows "(30)" not "thirty (30)". What is going on? Is there a better way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards -- |
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I have been using the content control. How would I refer to a dropdown (or
combobox) content control value (and have it update automatically)? There is very little information in the help files on content controls. As I stated earlier, I can do so by pasting an HTML link, but I have to use code to get it to update the link when a user changes the value. Thanks for all your help. -- "macropod" wrote: Hi, Are you using a Content Control 'Drop Down List', or a Dropdown formfield? I've been referring to the latter (available in Word 2007's Controls under 'Legacy Tools', whereas I now suspect you're referring to the former. Dropdown formfields have both a bookmark value and a 'calculate on exit' option that allows them to update all cross-references without the need for a macro. The formfields available under the 'Legacy Tools' are also compatible with earlier Word versions - Content Controls are not. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... I don't see any "internal bookmark" or any way to insert one. I was able to copy the contents and "paste special" "paste HTML link. That seemed to work. To get it to auto-update, I had to go into VB and put a "fields.update" command into the ContentControlOnExit subroutiene: Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal ContentControl As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean) Fields.Update End Sub Is there a more elegant way to do this...espicially without using a VB code? Why can't I refrence the content control's value directly? It's a pain getting a digital signature on the project and configuring end-users options so they don't have to mess with the macro security every time. Regards "macropod" wrote: Hi, If you're getting a duplicate of your dropdown field, that suggests you've bookmarked the dropdown field and you're using that bookmark instead of the dropdown field's internal bookmark. Don't do that - use the dropdown field's internal bookmark instead. To access the dropdown field's internal bookmark, select the field, right-click and choose 'properties'. There you can insert a bookmark name (or use whatever's already there). Then delete the other bookmark from your dropdown field and use just the internal one. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hmmm, I was actually using a formula field. I tried the ref field as you indicated below, and that actually inserts a copy of the dropdown, rather than the value of the dropdown. All I want to do is insert the string value selected in the dropdown later in the document...and have it update as it changes. I'm suprised it is so difficult to do so. This is simplicity in excel, access, vb...but apparenty not so much in word. "macropod" wrote: Hi, I suspect you're referencing the dropdown field with a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0;0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0;0} What this *actually* returns is '-30', but the ';0' in the picture switch is forcing it to show as an absolute value. If you had a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0} you'd see '-30'. To get the REF field to show your text, as well as the number, delete the picture switch. That is, use a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1} or {Dropdown1} -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hello, I am working on creating a contract in Word 2007 in which I want to lock down most of the document, and then limit certain terms to a predefined range. As an example, I would like the document end-user to be able to select billing terms of either: "thirty (30)" days; or "sixty (60)" days So I inserted a dropdown with those choices. I would like their selection to update text later in the document. So I assigned the dropdown a bookmark and then inserted a formula field referencing the bookmark. This works, however it only shows the text in parenthesis (i.e. it shows "(30)" not "thirty (30)". What is going on? Is there a better way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards -- |
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Hi,
There are various ways you could approach this. One way would be create a custom document property, then use your on-ecit macro to update that. The various fields in your document could then be of the DOCPROPERTY kind, and you could update these via ActiveDocument.Fields.Update. Another way would be to bookmark each location where you want the value replicated (ie don't bother bookmarking the content control) and use a macro like: Sub UpdateBookmark (BmkNm as string, NewTxt as string) Dim BmkRng as Range If Documents.Count 0 then If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists(BmkNm) Then Set BmkRng = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(BmkNm).Range BmkRng.Text = NewTxt ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add BmkNm, BmkRng End if End if Set BmkRng = Nothing End sub to up date the bookmark. If you've got numerous locations to update, could use REF fields to point to the one updated by this code and, again, use ActiveDocument.Fields.Update to update the REF fields. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... I have been using the content control. How would I refer to a dropdown (or combobox) content control value (and have it update automatically)? There is very little information in the help files on content controls. As I stated earlier, I can do so by pasting an HTML link, but I have to use code to get it to update the link when a user changes the value. Thanks for all your help. -- "macropod" wrote: Hi, Are you using a Content Control 'Drop Down List', or a Dropdown formfield? I've been referring to the latter (available in Word 2007's Controls under 'Legacy Tools', whereas I now suspect you're referring to the former. Dropdown formfields have both a bookmark value and a 'calculate on exit' option that allows them to update all cross-references without the need for a macro. The formfields available under the 'Legacy Tools' are also compatible with earlier Word versions - Content Controls are not. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... I don't see any "internal bookmark" or any way to insert one. I was able to copy the contents and "paste special" "paste HTML link. That seemed to work. To get it to auto-update, I had to go into VB and put a "fields.update" command into the ContentControlOnExit subroutiene: Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal ContentControl As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean) Fields.Update End Sub Is there a more elegant way to do this...espicially without using a VB code? Why can't I refrence the content control's value directly? It's a pain getting a digital signature on the project and configuring end-users options so they don't have to mess with the macro security every time. Regards "macropod" wrote: Hi, If you're getting a duplicate of your dropdown field, that suggests you've bookmarked the dropdown field and you're using that bookmark instead of the dropdown field's internal bookmark. Don't do that - use the dropdown field's internal bookmark instead. To access the dropdown field's internal bookmark, select the field, right-click and choose 'properties'. There you can insert a bookmark name (or use whatever's already there). Then delete the other bookmark from your dropdown field and use just the internal one. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hmmm, I was actually using a formula field. I tried the ref field as you indicated below, and that actually inserts a copy of the dropdown, rather than the value of the dropdown. All I want to do is insert the string value selected in the dropdown later in the document...and have it update as it changes. I'm suprised it is so difficult to do so. This is simplicity in excel, access, vb...but apparenty not so much in word. "macropod" wrote: Hi, I suspect you're referencing the dropdown field with a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0;0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0;0} What this *actually* returns is '-30', but the ';0' in the picture switch is forcing it to show as an absolute value. If you had a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0} you'd see '-30'. To get the REF field to show your text, as well as the number, delete the picture switch. That is, use a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1} or {Dropdown1} -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hello, I am working on creating a contract in Word 2007 in which I want to lock down most of the document, and then limit certain terms to a predefined range. As an example, I would like the document end-user to be able to select billing terms of either: "thirty (30)" days; or "sixty (60)" days So I inserted a dropdown with those choices. I would like their selection to update text later in the document. So I assigned the dropdown a bookmark and then inserted a formula field referencing the bookmark. This works, however it only shows the text in parenthesis (i.e. it shows "(30)" not "thirty (30)". What is going on? Is there a better way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards -- |
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As far as the content controls side of this is concerned...
You are absolutely right that there is little obvious documentation on how to use content controls. There is stuff out there on the web, but as far as I know you cannot make them work the way they are supposed to work without setting them up with some code (which can be VBA). It's all Word 2007-only. The idea is that the data in a content control is like a "window" that displays the value of a piece of data held in an area of the Word document called the data store. The data store has bits of data defined using XML. Each content control has an associated piece of XPATH code which tells it which data in the data store to display. Whenever Word changes the data in the data store, the values of content controls "connected" to that data should be updated automatically. For example, create a dropdown content control, and a plain text content control, in your document. Using the Properties button in Word's developer tab, create some rows for the dropdown and give it the title myvalue. Give the plain text content control the title myvalue as well. It may be useful to ensure that the controls cannot be deleted. Copy the following VBA into the VBA editor and run SetUpCustomXMLPart. Click the "Design Mode" button in Word so that the controls are in their "runtime" rather than their "design time" state, then try selecting different items in the dropdown. The results should be reflected in the plain text content control. Beyond that, you're on your own if you want to go down this route. The only thing I would say is that in simple cases such as this, you do not need VBA to use the form, just to set up the controls so that they reference the data store correctly. And you may need to ensure that the document is /not/ in design mode before you use it. Peter Jamieson Sub SetUpCustomXMLPart() Dim objCustomXMLPart As Office.CustomXMLPart Dim rngStory As Word.Range Dim objContentControl As Word.ContentControl Dim objContentControls As Word.ContentControls Call DeleteAllCustomXMLParts Set objCustomXMLPart = ActiveDocument.CustomXMLParts.Add LoadMyCustomXML objCustomXMLPart ' This assumes that the content controls are in the main document body For Each objContentControl In ActiveDocument.ContentControls ' set all controls with title myvalue to point to the same value in the data store If objContentControl.Title = "myvalue" Then objContentControl.XMLMapping.SetMapping "ns0:mydata/ns0:mydropdownvalue" End If Next Set objCustomXMLPart = Nothing End Sub Sub LoadMyCustomXML(myCustomXMLPart As CustomXMLPart) Dim strXML As String Const S = vbCrLf ' Define a simple XML value called mydropdownvalue strXML = "?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='no'?" & S strXML = strXML & "mydata xmlns='http://www.pjmsn.me.uk/xmlschemas/mydata'" & S strXML = strXML & "mydropdownvalue/" & S strXML = strXML & "/mydata" myCustomXMLPart.LoadXML strXML End Sub Sub DeleteAllCustomXMLParts() Dim oCustomXMLPart As Office.CustomXMLPart For Each oCustomXMLPart In ActiveDocument.CustomXMLParts If Not oCustomXMLPart.BuiltIn Then oCustomXMLPart.Delete End If Next End Sub "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... I have been using the content control. How would I refer to a dropdown (or combobox) content control value (and have it update automatically)? There is very little information in the help files on content controls. As I stated earlier, I can do so by pasting an HTML link, but I have to use code to get it to update the link when a user changes the value. Thanks for all your help. -- "macropod" wrote: Hi, Are you using a Content Control 'Drop Down List', or a Dropdown formfield? I've been referring to the latter (available in Word 2007's Controls under 'Legacy Tools', whereas I now suspect you're referring to the former. Dropdown formfields have both a bookmark value and a 'calculate on exit' option that allows them to update all cross-references without the need for a macro. The formfields available under the 'Legacy Tools' are also compatible with earlier Word versions - Content Controls are not. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... I don't see any "internal bookmark" or any way to insert one. I was able to copy the contents and "paste special" "paste HTML link. That seemed to work. To get it to auto-update, I had to go into VB and put a "fields.update" command into the ContentControlOnExit subroutiene: Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal ContentControl As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean) Fields.Update End Sub Is there a more elegant way to do this...espicially without using a VB code? Why can't I refrence the content control's value directly? It's a pain getting a digital signature on the project and configuring end-users options so they don't have to mess with the macro security every time. Regards "macropod" wrote: Hi, If you're getting a duplicate of your dropdown field, that suggests you've bookmarked the dropdown field and you're using that bookmark instead of the dropdown field's internal bookmark. Don't do that - use the dropdown field's internal bookmark instead. To access the dropdown field's internal bookmark, select the field, right-click and choose 'properties'. There you can insert a bookmark name (or use whatever's already there). Then delete the other bookmark from your dropdown field and use just the internal one. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hmmm, I was actually using a formula field. I tried the ref field as you indicated below, and that actually inserts a copy of the dropdown, rather than the value of the dropdown. All I want to do is insert the string value selected in the dropdown later in the document...and have it update as it changes. I'm suprised it is so difficult to do so. This is simplicity in excel, access, vb...but apparenty not so much in word. "macropod" wrote: Hi, I suspect you're referencing the dropdown field with a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0;0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0;0} What this *actually* returns is '-30', but the ';0' in the picture switch is forcing it to show as an absolute value. If you had a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1 \# 0} or {Dropdown1 \# 0} you'd see '-30'. To get the REF field to show your text, as well as the number, delete the picture switch. That is, use a field coded something like: {REF Dropdown1} or {Dropdown1} -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "oldstonebuddha" wrote in message ... Hello, I am working on creating a contract in Word 2007 in which I want to lock down most of the document, and then limit certain terms to a predefined range. As an example, I would like the document end-user to be able to select billing terms of either: "thirty (30)" days; or "sixty (60)" days So I inserted a dropdown with those choices. I would like their selection to update text later in the document. So I assigned the dropdown a bookmark and then inserted a formula field referencing the bookmark. This works, however it only shows the text in parenthesis (i.e. it shows "(30)" not "thirty (30)". What is going on? Is there a better way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards -- |
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