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headers and footers - how can I make a form field appear autom
Help - I have followed your instructions, BUT I get a Square after the text
in the header. What did I do wrong? Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whoops, sorry, it seems that cross-references don't work in the headers/footers of protected documents. This is inconvenient, but here is something that will work: 1. Define a specific character style for the form field whose content you want to replicate in the header. It doesn't have to look any different from the rest of the text; it just has to have a name. 2. Apply this character style to your form field. 3. In the header, insert a StyleRef field to pick up this style. It will update as you change the data in the field. -- 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. "needinghelp" wrote in message ... It's still not working right. :-( Here is what I'm doing, maybe you can help me figure out where I'm going wrong. 1. Unprotect document 2. Right-click on the field I want to show up in the header and chose "properties". Check field settings and made sure that "Calculate on exit" is checked. ("fill-in enabled" is also checked, btw). Make note of the bookmark name (Text40). Click ok. 3. Go to View Header and Footer. Go to the header on the second page. 4. Go to Insert Cross-reference. For "Reference type" I chose "Bookmark" off the dropdown menu. For "Insert reference to" I chose "bookmark text" of the drom down menu. "For which bookmark:" I chose Text40. Clicked Insert, then Close. 5. Closed Header/Footer. 6. Protected document (for forms), then saved the document 7. Tested it out by typing something in the name field. Doesn't work (doesn't show up in the header on the second page). Please help! I feel so clueless and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. :-S |
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headers and footers - how can I make a form field appear autom
Have a look at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm for
instructions that may be easier to follow. -- 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. "J Engineer" wrote in message ... Help - I have followed your instructions, BUT I get a Square after the text in the header. What did I do wrong? Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whoops, sorry, it seems that cross-references don't work in the headers/footers of protected documents. This is inconvenient, but here is something that will work: 1. Define a specific character style for the form field whose content you want to replicate in the header. It doesn't have to look any different from the rest of the text; it just has to have a name. 2. Apply this character style to your form field. 3. In the header, insert a StyleRef field to pick up this style. It will update as you change the data in the field. -- 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. "needinghelp" wrote in message ... It's still not working right. :-( Here is what I'm doing, maybe you can help me figure out where I'm going wrong. 1. Unprotect document 2. Right-click on the field I want to show up in the header and chose "properties". Check field settings and made sure that "Calculate on exit" is checked. ("fill-in enabled" is also checked, btw). Make note of the bookmark name (Text40). Click ok. 3. Go to View Header and Footer. Go to the header on the second page. 4. Go to Insert Cross-reference. For "Reference type" I chose "Bookmark" off the dropdown menu. For "Insert reference to" I chose "bookmark text" of the drom down menu. "For which bookmark:" I chose Text40. Clicked Insert, then Close. 5. Closed Header/Footer. 6. Protected document (for forms), then saved the document 7. Tested it out by typing something in the name field. Doesn't work (doesn't show up in the header on the second page). Please help! I feel so clueless and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. :-S |
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headers and footers - how can I make a form field appear autom
Can you please explain how this can work when you're replicating data from
within a table into your headers? I have the style and styleref set up and it works fine - as long as it's not being referenced from within a table. I don't think our company really wants to redesign our forms, however. Is there an override for the table I could use? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have a look at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm for instructions that may be easier to follow. -- 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. "J Engineer" wrote in message ... Help - I have followed your instructions, BUT I get a Square after the text in the header. What did I do wrong? Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whoops, sorry, it seems that cross-references don't work in the headers/footers of protected documents. This is inconvenient, but here is something that will work: 1. Define a specific character style for the form field whose content you want to replicate in the header. It doesn't have to look any different from the rest of the text; it just has to have a name. 2. Apply this character style to your form field. 3. In the header, insert a StyleRef field to pick up this style. It will update as you change the data in the field. -- 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. "needinghelp" wrote in message ... It's still not working right. :-( Here is what I'm doing, maybe you can help me figure out where I'm going wrong. 1. Unprotect document 2. Right-click on the field I want to show up in the header and chose "properties". Check field settings and made sure that "Calculate on exit" is checked. ("fill-in enabled" is also checked, btw). Make note of the bookmark name (Text40). Click ok. 3. Go to View Header and Footer. Go to the header on the second page. 4. Go to Insert Cross-reference. For "Reference type" I chose "Bookmark" off the dropdown menu. For "Insert reference to" I chose "bookmark text" of the drom down menu. "For which bookmark:" I chose Text40. Clicked Insert, then Close. 5. Closed Header/Footer. 6. Protected document (for forms), then saved the document 7. Tested it out by typing something in the name field. Doesn't work (doesn't show up in the header on the second page). Please help! I feel so clueless and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. :-S |
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headers and footers - how can I make a form field appear autom
Provided that what you want to reference from the table is formatted with a
unique style (which can be a named character style with the same format as the underlying style) then styleref should display that style content without problem. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org That70sHeidi wrote: Can you please explain how this can work when you're replicating data from within a table into your headers? I have the style and styleref set up and it works fine - as long as it's not being referenced from within a table. I don't think our company really wants to redesign our forms, however. Is there an override for the table I could use? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have a look at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm for instructions that may be easier to follow. -- 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. "J Engineer" wrote in message ... Help - I have followed your instructions, BUT I get a Square after the text in the header. What did I do wrong? Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whoops, sorry, it seems that cross-references don't work in the headers/footers of protected documents. This is inconvenient, but here is something that will work: 1. Define a specific character style for the form field whose content you want to replicate in the header. It doesn't have to look any different from the rest of the text; it just has to have a name. 2. Apply this character style to your form field. 3. In the header, insert a StyleRef field to pick up this style. It will update as you change the data in the field. -- 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. "needinghelp" wrote in message ... It's still not working right. :-( Here is what I'm doing, maybe you can help me figure out where I'm going wrong. 1. Unprotect document 2. Right-click on the field I want to show up in the header and chose "properties". Check field settings and made sure that "Calculate on exit" is checked. ("fill-in enabled" is also checked, btw). Make note of the bookmark name (Text40). Click ok. 3. Go to View Header and Footer. Go to the header on the second page. 4. Go to Insert Cross-reference. For "Reference type" I chose "Bookmark" off the dropdown menu. For "Insert reference to" I chose "bookmark text" of the drom down menu. "For which bookmark:" I chose Text40. Clicked Insert, then Close. 5. Closed Header/Footer. 6. Protected document (for forms), then saved the document 7. Tested it out by typing something in the name field. Doesn't work (doesn't show up in the header on the second page). Please help! I feel so clueless and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. :-S |
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headers and footers - how can I make a form field appear autom
Did you apply the character style to the end-of-cell marker? If so, don't.
-- 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. "That70sHeidi" wrote in message ... Can you please explain how this can work when you're replicating data from within a table into your headers? I have the style and styleref set up and it works fine - as long as it's not being referenced from within a table. I don't think our company really wants to redesign our forms, however. Is there an override for the table I could use? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have a look at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm for instructions that may be easier to follow. -- 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. "J Engineer" wrote in message ... Help - I have followed your instructions, BUT I get a Square after the text in the header. What did I do wrong? Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whoops, sorry, it seems that cross-references don't work in the headers/footers of protected documents. This is inconvenient, but here is something that will work: 1. Define a specific character style for the form field whose content you want to replicate in the header. It doesn't have to look any different from the rest of the text; it just has to have a name. 2. Apply this character style to your form field. 3. In the header, insert a StyleRef field to pick up this style. It will update as you change the data in the field. -- 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. "needinghelp" wrote in message ... It's still not working right. :-( Here is what I'm doing, maybe you can help me figure out where I'm going wrong. 1. Unprotect document 2. Right-click on the field I want to show up in the header and chose "properties". Check field settings and made sure that "Calculate on exit" is checked. ("fill-in enabled" is also checked, btw). Make note of the bookmark name (Text40). Click ok. 3. Go to View Header and Footer. Go to the header on the second page. 4. Go to Insert Cross-reference. For "Reference type" I chose "Bookmark" off the dropdown menu. For "Insert reference to" I chose "bookmark text" of the drom down menu. "For which bookmark:" I chose Text40. Clicked Insert, then Close. 5. Closed Header/Footer. 6. Protected document (for forms), then saved the document 7. Tested it out by typing something in the name field. Doesn't work (doesn't show up in the header on the second page). Please help! I feel so clueless and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. :-S |
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It appears to be an issue with my Style... I'd taken it from Normal, which
obviously has nothing in it (I just discovered Reveal Formatting!). On a frustrated whim I tried using Heading 1 to make a style, and it works perfectly fine. Thanks to you both! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you apply the character style to the end-of-cell marker? If so, don't. -- 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. "That70sHeidi" wrote in message ... Can you please explain how this can work when you're replicating data from within a table into your headers? I have the style and styleref set up and it works fine - as long as it's not being referenced from within a table. I don't think our company really wants to redesign our forms, however. Is there an override for the table I could use? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have a look at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm for instructions that may be easier to follow. -- 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. "J Engineer" wrote in message ... Help - I have followed your instructions, BUT I get a Square after the text in the header. What did I do wrong? Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whoops, sorry, it seems that cross-references don't work in the headers/footers of protected documents. This is inconvenient, but here is something that will work: 1. Define a specific character style for the form field whose content you want to replicate in the header. It doesn't have to look any different from the rest of the text; it just has to have a name. 2. Apply this character style to your form field. 3. In the header, insert a StyleRef field to pick up this style. It will update as you change the data in the field. -- 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. "needinghelp" wrote in message ... It's still not working right. :-( Here is what I'm doing, maybe you can help me figure out where I'm going wrong. 1. Unprotect document 2. Right-click on the field I want to show up in the header and chose "properties". Check field settings and made sure that "Calculate on exit" is checked. ("fill-in enabled" is also checked, btw). Make note of the bookmark name (Text40). Click ok. 3. Go to View Header and Footer. Go to the header on the second page. 4. Go to Insert Cross-reference. For "Reference type" I chose "Bookmark" off the dropdown menu. For "Insert reference to" I chose "bookmark text" of the drom down menu. "For which bookmark:" I chose Text40. Clicked Insert, then Close. 5. Closed Header/Footer. 6. Protected document (for forms), then saved the document 7. Tested it out by typing something in the name field. Doesn't work (doesn't show up in the header on the second page). Please help! I feel so clueless and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. :-S |
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headers and footers - how can I make a form field appear autom
A character style should be based on Default Paragraph Font and need not
differ from it except in name. It can be applied to text in any paragraph style. -- 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. "That70sHeidi" wrote in message ... It appears to be an issue with my Style... I'd taken it from Normal, which obviously has nothing in it (I just discovered Reveal Formatting!). On a frustrated whim I tried using Heading 1 to make a style, and it works perfectly fine. Thanks to you both! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you apply the character style to the end-of-cell marker? If so, don't. -- 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. "That70sHeidi" wrote in message ... Can you please explain how this can work when you're replicating data from within a table into your headers? I have the style and styleref set up and it works fine - as long as it's not being referenced from within a table. I don't think our company really wants to redesign our forms, however. Is there an override for the table I could use? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have a look at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm for instructions that may be easier to follow. -- 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. "J Engineer" wrote in message ... Help - I have followed your instructions, BUT I get a Square after the text in the header. What did I do wrong? Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whoops, sorry, it seems that cross-references don't work in the headers/footers of protected documents. This is inconvenient, but here is something that will work: 1. Define a specific character style for the form field whose content you want to replicate in the header. It doesn't have to look any different from the rest of the text; it just has to have a name. 2. Apply this character style to your form field. 3. In the header, insert a StyleRef field to pick up this style. It will update as you change the data in the field. -- 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. "needinghelp" wrote in message ... It's still not working right. :-( Here is what I'm doing, maybe you can help me figure out where I'm going wrong. 1. Unprotect document 2. Right-click on the field I want to show up in the header and chose "properties". Check field settings and made sure that "Calculate on exit" is checked. ("fill-in enabled" is also checked, btw). Make note of the bookmark name (Text40). Click ok. 3. Go to View Header and Footer. Go to the header on the second page. 4. Go to Insert Cross-reference. For "Reference type" I chose "Bookmark" off the dropdown menu. For "Insert reference to" I chose "bookmark text" of the drom down menu. "For which bookmark:" I chose Text40. Clicked Insert, then Close. 5. Closed Header/Footer. 6. Protected document (for forms), then saved the document 7. Tested it out by typing something in the name field. Doesn't work (doesn't show up in the header on the second page). Please help! I feel so clueless and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. :-S |
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