I found what you wrote about, but I need to take a step back because I don't
know how to actually insert the cross-reference in the document header when
the form text field is still blank (i.e. no one has actually completed the
form - the text field is blank.)
Is there a way to reference a blank text form field in a form so that I can
refer to it when I cross-reference it?
When I click Insert/Reference/Cross-reference/ and it displays a daughter
window, I then select "Heading" in the "Reference Type" box and "Heading
Text" in the "Insert Reference To" box. In the big box below, nothing
appears so the heading does not appear, and the "Insert" button below the big
box is grayed out.
I hope this makes sense. Thanks for your help. ~C
"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:
Hi ?B?Q2Fyb2w=?=,
I am using MS Word 2002. I have created a form template using the forms
toolbar and text fields. When a user completes the form and puts text in a
particular text form field, I would like the same text to automatically
appear in the document header.
I made the form field a heading and tried to insert a cross-reference to the
heading text in the document header, but since the form template text field
is blank, there is nothing to cross-reference.
That shouldn't matter, as long as the "Calculate on Exit" checkbox is activated
in the form field. Try protecting the document, type something in, then TAB out
of the form field. Does the text now appear in the header?
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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