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Temporary indication
Hi,
I'm making a fax-template for my company (word 2003) I want to indicate where the employees need to fill something in, with a simple sentence like "click here and fill in the company name" and "click here and fill in the faxnumber". The thing is that not eveything needs to be filled in every time and when I print the document, I don't want the notice "click here and fill in..." to be printed. I do not want to use a form because then they can't change the font and other stuff. In powerpoint there is someting called 'temporary indication'. This gives you an indication where to type, but you don't need to type anything. If you leave it blank, the indication isn't shown in the slideshow, neither in the printoud. That's the kind of thing I want in my faxdocument. Is there a simple way to do this? Thanks, Sabine |
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Sounds like you need MacroButton fields for the entries (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm) and a FilePrint or FilePrintDefault macro that would remove unused fields. Since the field is overwritten when typed on, any MacroButton fields left when the form is complete can be found and replaced with nothing. Your macro would need to toggle the field display (so that the document shows { MACROBUTTON NoMacro [Click here and fill in company name] }) and then search for ^19 MACROBUTTON or ^d MACROBUTTON, which will find the fields. The "Replace with" box is left blank so that the fields are deleted. You may need another run to delete excess space. The macro would then need to toggle the field display back (in case there are other fields remaining), then print or open the Print dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Sabine" wrote in message news Hi, I'm making a fax-template for my company (word 2003) I want to indicate where the employees need to fill something in, with a simple sentence like "click here and fill in the company name" and "click here and fill in the faxnumber". The thing is that not eveything needs to be filled in every time and when I print the document, I don't want the notice "click here and fill in..." to be printed. I do not want to use a form because then they can't change the font and other stuff. In powerpoint there is someting called 'temporary indication'. This gives you an indication where to type, but you don't need to type anything. If you leave it blank, the indication isn't shown in the slideshow, neither in the printoud. That's the kind of thing I want in my faxdocument. Is there a simple way to do this? Thanks, Sabine |
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Hi Suzanne,
Thanks for the info. I hoped there was an easier way :-) Greetings, Sabine "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sounds like you need MacroButton fields for the entries (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm) and a FilePrint or FilePrintDefault macro that would remove unused fields. Since the field is overwritten when typed on, any MacroButton fields left when the form is complete can be found and replaced with nothing. Your macro would need to toggle the field display (so that the document shows { MACROBUTTON NoMacro [Click here and fill in company name] }) and then search for ^19 MACROBUTTON or ^d MACROBUTTON, which will find the fields. The "Replace with" box is left blank so that the fields are deleted. You may need another run to delete excess space. The macro would then need to toggle the field display back (in case there are other fields remaining), then print or open the Print dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Sabine" wrote in message news Hi, I'm making a fax-template for my company (word 2003) I want to indicate where the employees need to fill something in, with a simple sentence like "click here and fill in the company name" and "click here and fill in the faxnumber". The thing is that not eveything needs to be filled in every time and when I print the document, I don't want the notice "click here and fill in..." to be printed. I do not want to use a form because then they can't change the font and other stuff. In powerpoint there is someting called 'temporary indication'. This gives you an indication where to type, but you don't need to type anything. If you leave it blank, the indication isn't shown in the slideshow, neither in the printoud. That's the kind of thing I want in my faxdocument. Is there a simple way to do this? Thanks, Sabine |
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There may be an easier way, but that's the first thing that came to my mind.
Word 2007's content controls might be more "transparent," but since I have no experience with them yet, I can't say for sure. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Sabine" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, Thanks for the info. I hoped there was an easier way :-) Greetings, Sabine "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sounds like you need MacroButton fields for the entries (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm) and a FilePrint or FilePrintDefault macro that would remove unused fields. Since the field is overwritten when typed on, any MacroButton fields left when the form is complete can be found and replaced with nothing. Your macro would need to toggle the field display (so that the document shows { MACROBUTTON NoMacro [Click here and fill in company name] }) and then search for ^19 MACROBUTTON or ^d MACROBUTTON, which will find the fields. The "Replace with" box is left blank so that the fields are deleted. You may need another run to delete excess space. The macro would then need to toggle the field display back (in case there are other fields remaining), then print or open the Print dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Sabine" wrote in message news Hi, I'm making a fax-template for my company (word 2003) I want to indicate where the employees need to fill something in, with a simple sentence like "click here and fill in the company name" and "click here and fill in the faxnumber". The thing is that not eveything needs to be filled in every time and when I print the document, I don't want the notice "click here and fill in..." to be printed. I do not want to use a form because then they can't change the font and other stuff. In powerpoint there is someting called 'temporary indication'. This gives you an indication where to type, but you don't need to type anything. If you leave it blank, the indication isn't shown in the slideshow, neither in the printoud. That's the kind of thing I want in my faxdocument. Is there a simple way to do this? Thanks, Sabine |
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