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Automatic Field Update
hI am creating a form. I want to create a field that is referenced by other
fields in the form. For example, the user enters a value and that value appears in other places throughout the document. I beleive I have done this by using {REF Text1}. THe problem I am having is once I enter the data in the first field, the other locations are not updating until I click the Print Preview button or I Print the document. How do I get the other locations to update immediately? |
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If the source field is a formfield in a protected form, change the
properties of the source field to "calculate on exit." This property is misnamed and should be "refresh other fields using this one on exit." Otherwise, if it isn't a protected form you need to update the fields either manually or with a macro. -- 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. "Andrea" wrote in message ... hI am creating a form. I want to create a field that is referenced by other fields in the form. For example, the user enters a value and that value appears in other places throughout the document. I beleive I have done this by using {REF Text1}. THe problem I am having is once I enter the data in the first field, the other locations are not updating until I click the Preview button or I Print the document. How do I get the other locations to update immediately? |
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