[HeatherRealEstateAdmin]

My boss wants me to create a merge document (for a management agreement)
where he can input the information using a Data Form. I'm familiar with
creating a data source in Excel, but cannot seem to figure out how to get
this Data Form started. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am using Microsoft Word 2007.

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Rather than mail merge, you probably need a userform.

See the article "How to create a Userform" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"HeatherRealEstateAdmin" m
wrote in message ...
My boss wants me to create a merge document (for a management agreement)
where he can input the information using a Data Form. I'm familiar with
creating a data source in Excel, but cannot seem to figure out how to get
this Data Form started. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am using Microsoft Word 2007.

[HeatherRealEstateAdmin]

Thank you for the input.

Unfortunately, creating a userform is not the answer to his question, as he
wants another document to "match" the ones we currently have that are merge
documents created so that a Data Form is used for entry.
This is how all our leases and agreements were made before I came, we just
need a new agreement for a different kind of property.

Perhaps at some point in the future I can try to convince him to switch over
to userforms. However, it appears from your tutorial that in the UserForms,
the information is entered as a text box instead of normal text - am I
reading that right?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Rather than mail merge, you probably need a userform.

See the article "How to create a Userform" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.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

"HeatherRealEstateAdmin" m
wrote in message ...
My boss wants me to create a merge document (for a management agreement)
where he can input the information using a Data Form. I'm familiar with
creating a data source in Excel, but cannot seem to figure out how to get
this Data Form started. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am using Microsoft Word 2007.

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

The information is entered into a text box on the user form and when the OK
button is click, it is transferred into the document as normal text

--
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

"HeatherRealEstateAdmin" m
wrote in message ...
Thank you for the input.

Unfortunately, creating a userform is not the answer to his question, as
he
wants another document to "match" the ones we currently have that are
merge
documents created so that a Data Form is used for entry.
This is how all our leases and agreements were made before I came, we just
need a new agreement for a different kind of property.

Perhaps at some point in the future I can try to convince him to switch
over
to userforms. However, it appears from your tutorial that in the
UserForms,
the information is entered as a text box instead of normal text - am I
reading that right?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Rather than mail merge, you probably need a userform.

See the article "How to create a Userform" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.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

"HeatherRealEstateAdmin"
m
wrote in message
...
My boss wants me to create a merge document (for a management
agreement)
where he can input the information using a Data Form. I'm familiar
with
creating a data source in Excel, but cannot seem to figure out how to
get
this Data Form started. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am using Microsoft Word 2007.