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merge data with form
Help, I've fallen and I can't get up. I've tried tutorial software and the
MS community site. I've listened and read and read and my head is all swelled up with information overload. I'm at brain gridlock, and what I want to do is fairly simple, I think. Situation: I have 20 legal forms in PDF. I used PDF Converter Pro 3 to convert to Word format. The form is now ready-made for me. All I want to do is fill-in the answers. Some are repetitive (name, file #, address, etc). I thought I tried correctly to create a table and then merge the two but all i get are bookmark errors. I believe it's a fairly simple task but I'm not computing the instructions. Anyplace you can direct me to for step-by-step instructions? I don't want to create a form letter, it's available; I want to create data for each new case and merge it with the form. Do I have to create the table and insert the field name on the form and then protect it? Sorry about the ignorance. |
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Assuming that you are dealing with one case at a time, rather then trying to
complete the forms for multiple cases at the one time, see the following series of articles: Please Fill Out This Form Part 1: Create professional looking forms in Word http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22 Part 2: Adding Automation to your Word forms. http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=46 Part 3: Learn more VBA (macros) to automate your forms. http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=119 Part 4: Use custom dialog boxes in your Word forms http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=127 Part 5: Connect your AutoForm to a database to save input time and keep better records! http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=136 If however you are wanting to complete the forms for multiple cases at the one time, then getting all of the data together in a format that can be used as a mailmerge data source (a table in Word will do) and then inserting mergefields in the appropriate places in the forms could be the way to go. See the article "How to create a Mail Merge" at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...AMailMerge.htm and "Creating a Mail Merge Data Source" at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...DataSource.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "IraqiVet" wrote in message ... Help, I've fallen and I can't get up. I've tried tutorial software and the MS community site. I've listened and read and read and my head is all swelled up with information overload. I'm at brain gridlock, and what I want to do is fairly simple, I think. Situation: I have 20 legal forms in PDF. I used PDF Converter Pro 3 to convert to Word format. The form is now ready-made for me. All I want to do is fill-in the answers. Some are repetitive (name, file #, address, etc). I thought I tried correctly to create a table and then merge the two but all i get are bookmark errors. I believe it's a fairly simple task but I'm not computing the instructions. Anyplace you can direct me to for step-by-step instructions? I don't want to create a form letter, it's available; I want to create data for each new case and merge it with the form. Do I have to create the table and insert the field name on the form and then protect it? Sorry about the ignorance. |
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