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does anybody know how to put "fields" into a document?
I don't know if I'm even asking this correctly, but what I
want to do is to create a document for a letter, whereby the fields for NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, ZIP and a couple of other fields (I'm in the mortgage business" such as DATE, $AMOUNT OF LOAN, MORTGAGE COMPANY, are "tabbed fields" i.e. I can enter the data into the first field, then TAB and it automatically tabs over to the next field, where I can enter the next piece of data that I want. i.e. I enter the NAME then TAB to the ADDRESS Field, enter data there, then TAB to the CITY field, then TAB to the ZIP field, then TAB to the next field, and so on. Does this make sense? I have once worked with a document where this was set up for me, but I don't know how to do it myself. Can anyone help? Thanks. Please feel free to email me. Much appreciated! |
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Hi Andrew
You can certainly do what you have in mind, and it's not difficult. See How to create a template that makes it easy for users to "fill in the blanks", without doing any programming http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...nTheBlanks.htm In that article, there are links to several articles by Dian Chapman that go through the process of creating a Word form step by step. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Andrew" wrote in message ... I don't know if I'm even asking this correctly, but what I want to do is to create a document for a letter, whereby the fields for NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, ZIP and a couple of other fields (I'm in the mortgage business" such as DATE, $AMOUNT OF LOAN, MORTGAGE COMPANY, are "tabbed fields" i.e. I can enter the data into the first field, then TAB and it automatically tabs over to the next field, where I can enter the next piece of data that I want. i.e. I enter the NAME then TAB to the ADDRESS Field, enter data there, then TAB to the CITY field, then TAB to the ZIP field, then TAB to the next field, and so on. Does this make sense? I have once worked with a document where this was set up for me, but I don't know how to do it myself. Can anyone help? Thanks. Please feel free to email me. Much appreciated! |
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What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. Hope this helps, -- 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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Andrew" wrote in message ... I don't know if I'm even asking this correctly, but what I want to do is to create a document for a letter, whereby the fields for NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, ZIP and a couple of other fields (I'm in the mortgage business" such as DATE, $AMOUNT OF LOAN, MORTGAGE COMPANY, are "tabbed fields" i.e. I can enter the data into the first field, then TAB and it automatically tabs over to the next field, where I can enter the next piece of data that I want. i.e. I enter the NAME then TAB to the ADDRESS Field, enter data there, then TAB to the CITY field, then TAB to the ZIP field, then TAB to the next field, and so on. Does this make sense? I have once worked with a document where this was set up for me, but I don't know how to do it myself. Can anyone help? Thanks. Please feel free to email me. Much appreciated! |
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