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Automating entries in Word
I have a standard contract in MS Word and the entries I make are scattered
all over the document. Can I automate it to "TAB" (or other means) to jump to the blank areas that needed filling in. ? TIA |
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Automating entries in Word
Mike G wrote:
I have a standard contract in MS Word and the entries I make are scattered all over the document. Can I automate it to "TAB" (or other means) to jump to the blank areas that needed filling in. ? TIA What you're describing is a "protected form". See http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22 for a quick tutorial. -- 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. |
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Thanks Jay....just finished an experiment with "bookmarks" but seems clumsy.
Will try the template approach, this will take a long time as the contract document is 23 pages long. (Darn lawyer crap) "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Mike G wrote: I have a standard contract in MS Word and the entries I make are scattered all over the document. Can I automate it to "TAB" (or other means) to jump to the blank areas that needed filling in. ? TIA What you're describing is a "protected form". See http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22 for a quick tutorial. -- 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. |
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Was pretty easy....had to revert to Word 2003....don't know how yet in Word
2007 ( they "fixed" it and made it more better) "Mike G" wrote in message ... Thanks Jay....just finished an experiment with "bookmarks" but seems clumsy. Will try the template approach, this will take a long time as the contract document is 23 pages long. (Darn lawyer crap) "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Mike G wrote: I have a standard contract in MS Word and the entries I make are scattered all over the document. Can I automate it to "TAB" (or other means) to jump to the blank areas that needed filling in. ? TIA What you're describing is a "protected form". See http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22 for a quick tutorial. -- 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. |
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Automating entries in Word
The same formfields are available under the Legacy Tools item of the
Controls section of the Developer tab of the Ribbon. You may however want to investigate the use of Content Controls that are introduced with Word 2007, though not if the documents need to be used with earlier versions as well. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Mike G" wrote in message ... Was pretty easy....had to revert to Word 2003....don't know how yet in Word 2007 ( they "fixed" it and made it more better) "Mike G" wrote in message ... Thanks Jay....just finished an experiment with "bookmarks" but seems clumsy. Will try the template approach, this will take a long time as the contract document is 23 pages long. (Darn lawyer crap) "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Mike G wrote: I have a standard contract in MS Word and the entries I make are scattered all over the document. Can I automate it to "TAB" (or other means) to jump to the blank areas that needed filling in. ? TIA What you're describing is a "protected form". See http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22 for a quick tutorial. -- 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. |
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