A better approach may be to use a UserForm.
See the article "How to create a Userform" at:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm
However, when you use the InsertField dialog to insert a Fill-In field, you
have the opportunity to create a prompt for the field.
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"finlzo" wrote in message
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I am trying to create some new templates, previous people have used fillin
fields. Some of these documents are to be mailmerged, some are just forms
to
be used internally by several people. The original templates I was given
opens showing all the document text and the fillin fields prompt boxes
open
throughout the document as set up. When I have tried to create my own
template with fillin fields the documents open opening the fillin prompts
but
do not show the document text which will be confusing for users to
understand
the context of the document. I have looked at the field codes and can't
see
any difference. Am I missing something vital in the document setup?
Thanks for any advice
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Regards
Finlzo