I have a document that uses Fillin fields. How can I make it so everytime
the document is opened the user is prompted automatically for the Fillin
fields? At the moment I have to select the entire document and force an
update using F9.

I know I could do this with a macro but is there any other way? Am sure in
Word V6 they updated automatically when the document was opened.
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Many thanks in advance for any assistance

If the document is to be refilled every time it is opened, save it as a
template and create new documents from it. The prompt will pop up on
document creation.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Marek wrote:
I have a document that uses Fillin fields. How can I make it so
everytime the document is opened the user is prompted automatically
for the Fillin fields? At the moment I have to select the entire
document and force an update using F9.

I know I could do this with a macro but is there any other way? Am
sure in Word V6 they updated automatically when the document was
opened.

I posted the same question one moment ago and then I noticed your answer to
this posting.

I did what you suggested but here is my problem:

If I open the template through Explore then the fillin question prompts
appear but if I open the file through the File open command in word, the
fillin questions prompts don't appear.

I want the fillin question prompts to appear when I open the document though
word as well.

Thanks for your help.

PaolaAndrea

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If the document is to be refilled every time it is opened, save it as a
template and create new documents from it. The prompt will pop up on
document creation.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Marek wrote:
I have a document that uses Fillin fields. How can I make it so
everytime the document is opened the user is prompted automatically
for the Fillin fields? At the moment I have to select the entire
document and force an update using F9.

I know I could do this with a macro but is there any other way? Am
sure in Word V6 they updated automatically when the document was
opened.

Don't open a template to fill it in, this destroys your template. Instead,
create a new document based on the template and automatically trigger your
fields.
File New
This is how templates are designed to be used.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"PaolaAndrea" wrote in message
...
I posted the same question one moment ago and then I noticed your answer to
this posting.

I did what you suggested but here is my problem:

If I open the template through Explore then the fillin question prompts
appear but if I open the file through the File open command in word, the
fillin questions prompts don't appear.

I want the fillin question prompts to appear when I open the document
though
word as well.

Thanks for your help.

PaolaAndrea

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If the document is to be refilled every time it is opened, save it as a
template and create new documents from it. The prompt will pop up on
document creation.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Marek wrote:
I have a document that uses Fillin fields. How can I make it so
everytime the document is opened the user is prompted automatically
for the Fillin fields? At the moment I have to select the entire
document and force an update using F9.

I know I could do this with a macro but is there any other way? Am
sure in Word V6 they updated automatically when the document was
opened.