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Repeating form fields in page header
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I use Word 2003 sp2. I have a template with a lot of text form fields in the body area. These fields are filled out with data from another program when opening the template. If the document is continued on more than one page, I would like to have some of the form fields to be repeated on the top of page 2, 3 etc. I have tryed to insert a REF field in the heading of the template, but that didn't work. Is it possible to repeat a formfield on another page fx. in the pageheader? If yes - how? Thanks in advance Gitte |
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Repeating form fields in page header
What does "that didn't work" mean? What does the field code of the REF field
contain? Does it refer to the "bookmark name" of a valid text form field? Did you update the fields in the headers (either select them and press F9, or check "Update fields" in Tools Options Print and then go to Print Preview and back)? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Gitte wrote: Hi I use Word 2003 sp2. I have a template with a lot of text form fields in the body area. These fields are filled out with data from another program when opening the template. If the document is continued on more than one page, I would like to have some of the form fields to be repeated on the top of page 2, 3 etc. I have tryed to insert a REF field in the heading of the template, but that didn't work. Is it possible to repeat a formfield on another page fx. in the pageheader? If yes - how? Thanks in advance Gitte |
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Repeating form fields in page header
If the fields are all in the same paragraph, you could apply a unique
style and then use a STYLEREF field in the header. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Gitte" wrote in message ... Hi I use Word 2003 sp2. I have a template with a lot of text form fields in the body area. These fields are filled out with data from another program when opening the template. If the document is continued on more than one page, I would like to have some of the form fields to be repeated on the top of page 2, 3 etc. I have tryed to insert a REF field in the heading of the template, but that didn't work. Is it possible to repeat a formfield on another page fx. in the pageheader? If yes - how? Thanks in advance Gitte |
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Repeating form fields in page header
REF fields in the header of a protected form will not update automatically,
so they don't appear to work. Although it's possible to use a macro to explicitly update them, it's generally more satisfactory to use a StyleRef field, which does update automatically. This is usually implemented by defining a particular character style for each form field to be referenced. Apply the character style (which can be Default Paragraph Font + nothing, that is, no actual change in font formatting) to the form field and reference it in the header. You'll need a unique character style for each form field to be referenced, and you need to be careful to ensure that this style is not applied anywhere else in the document. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm for more. -- 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. "Gitte" wrote in message ... Hi I use Word 2003 sp2. I have a template with a lot of text form fields in the body area. These fields are filled out with data from another program when opening the template. If the document is continued on more than one page, I would like to have some of the form fields to be repeated on the top of page 2, 3 etc. I have tryed to insert a REF field in the heading of the template, but that didn't work. Is it possible to repeat a formfield on another page fx. in the pageheader? If yes - how? Thanks in advance Gitte |
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SOLUTION - Repeating form fields in page header
I solved the problem by adding a Styleref to the page header (just as
described in the document Suzanne linked to) Thank you all for your help :-) Best regards - Gitte |
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