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Adding title in header using form field
I am creating a document template. The title of the document is located in
the header, but there is a different first page header...so, the title needs to be entered in two places. I was thinking that a good way to handle this would be to use an ASK field to prompt the user for the document name, then use the results to populate both headers at once. (I am very new to using fields, so bear with me here). Seems simple...but I can't get it to work. I put the ASK field in the header: { ASK DocTitle "Type the document title" \* MERGEFORMAT } And I tried to put the REF field ({ REF DOCTITLE }) right next to it, but it won't allow me to put it in the header. Just as a test, I put it in the body of the document. It does prompt me, but doesn't update the REF field. As well, I'm putting these fields in the template...when I create a new document based on the template, I'd like it to automatically prompt me for the title, but it doesn't. Is there any way to get this to work? Or is there perhaps a better solution? TIA, Jen |
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If you format your title, in the body of the document, using the Title
style, you can use a StyleRef field in your header. -- 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! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Jen" wrote in message ... I am creating a document template. The title of the document is located in the header, but there is a different first page header...so, the title needs to be entered in two places. I was thinking that a good way to handle this would be to use an ASK field to prompt the user for the document name, then use the results to populate both headers at once. (I am very new to using fields, so bear with me here). Seems simple...but I can't get it to work. I put the ASK field in the header: { ASK DocTitle "Type the document title" \* MERGEFORMAT } And I tried to put the REF field ({ REF DOCTITLE }) right next to it, but it won't allow me to put it in the header. Just as a test, I put it in the body of the document. It does prompt me, but doesn't update the REF field. As well, I'm putting these fields in the template...when I create a new document based on the template, I'd like it to automatically prompt me for the title, but it doesn't. Is there any way to get this to work? Or is there perhaps a better solution? TIA, Jen |
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Thanks Charles...but the title never appears in the body of the document -
just in the two headers. Is it still possible to do this? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: If you format your title, in the body of the document, using the Title style, you can use a StyleRef field in your header. -- 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! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Jen" wrote in message ... I am creating a document template. The title of the document is located in the header, but there is a different first page header...so, the title needs to be entered in two places. I was thinking that a good way to handle this would be to use an ASK field to prompt the user for the document name, then use the results to populate both headers at once. (I am very new to using fields, so bear with me here). Seems simple...but I can't get it to work. I put the ASK field in the header: { ASK DocTitle "Type the document title" \* MERGEFORMAT } And I tried to put the REF field ({ REF DOCTITLE }) right next to it, but it won't allow me to put it in the header. Just as a test, I put it in the body of the document. It does prompt me, but doesn't update the REF field. As well, I'm putting these fields in the template...when I create a new document based on the template, I'd like it to automatically prompt me for the title, but it doesn't. Is there any way to get this to work? Or is there perhaps a better solution? TIA, Jen |
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If your first-page header only appears on the first page, why not do away
with it altogether and put the text in the body at the top of the page? -- 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! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Jen" wrote in message ... Thanks Charles...but the title never appears in the body of the document - just in the two headers. Is it still possible to do this? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: If you format your title, in the body of the document, using the Title style, you can use a StyleRef field in your header. -- 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! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Jen" wrote in message ... I am creating a document template. The title of the document is located in the header, but there is a different first page header...so, the title needs to be entered in two places. I was thinking that a good way to handle this would be to use an ASK field to prompt the user for the document name, then use the results to populate both headers at once. (I am very new to using fields, so bear with me here). Seems simple...but I can't get it to work. I put the ASK field in the header: { ASK DocTitle "Type the document title" \* MERGEFORMAT } And I tried to put the REF field ({ REF DOCTITLE }) right next to it, but it won't allow me to put it in the header. Just as a test, I put it in the body of the document. It does prompt me, but doesn't update the REF field. As well, I'm putting these fields in the template...when I create a new document based on the template, I'd like it to automatically prompt me for the title, but it doesn't. Is there any way to get this to work? Or is there perhaps a better solution? TIA, Jen |
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