Hi,

Does anyone know if it is possible to create new field names? Currently
I'm writing a test report document. This document contains around 50
tests and each test may be around half a page long. At the end of each
test I write the result which will be Pass, Fail, Unknown or something
like that. The plan is to have a table either at the begining or end of
my document containing all these results. I would like however for the
table entries to be field codes so that it would automatically contain
the result written at the end of each test. I would prefer not to have
the write the result in twice - once after the test and secondly in my
table of results.

I was looking around my WORD 2002 SP3 and all the field names seem to
be predefined. I went Insert - Field. Maybe there is another way so
that I only need to write my result in one place and this is updated in
my summary table. All help more than appreciated.

-Michael

From the FAQ

19. How can I enter something once in a document and have it repeat
elsewhere?
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm

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Charles Kenyon

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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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"Michael" wrote in message
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Hi,

Does anyone know if it is possible to create new field names? Currently
I'm writing a test report document. This document contains around 50
tests and each test may be around half a page long. At the end of each
test I write the result which will be Pass, Fail, Unknown or something
like that. The plan is to have a table either at the begining or end of
my document containing all these results. I would like however for the
table entries to be field codes so that it would automatically contain
the result written at the end of each test. I would prefer not to have
the write the result in twice - once after the test and secondly in my
table of results.

I was looking around my WORD 2002 SP3 and all the field names seem to
be predefined. I went Insert - Field. Maybe there is another way so
that I only need to write my result in one place and this is updated in
my summary table. All help more than appreciated.

-Michael

You can create custom document properties and insert their content using a
DocProperty field.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Michael" wrote in message
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Hi,

Does anyone know if it is possible to create new field names? Currently
I'm writing a test report document. This document contains around 50
tests and each test may be around half a page long. At the end of each
test I write the result which will be Pass, Fail, Unknown or something
like that. The plan is to have a table either at the begining or end of
my document containing all these results. I would like however for the
table entries to be field codes so that it would automatically contain
the result written at the end of each test. I would prefer not to have
the write the result in twice - once after the test and secondly in my
table of results.

I was looking around my WORD 2002 SP3 and all the field names seem to
be predefined. I went Insert - Field. Maybe there is another way so
that I only need to write my result in one place and this is updated in
my summary table. All help more than appreciated.

-Michael

Many thanks. I'm impressed too will all the other tips. Shows me that
the more I know the more I realise I don't know.

-Michael

Shows me that
the more I know the more I realise I don't know.

That is always a good starting point for working with Word.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Michael" wrote in message
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Many thanks. I'm impressed too will all the other tips. Shows me that
the more I know the more I realise I don't know.

-Michael