Hi,

I have been asked if it's possible to have guidelines appear in our Reports
template which will disappear as soon as the user starts typing. E.g. Under
a heading SUMMARY could be some text to describe the details required in a
summary. As soon as the user starts typing the summary the guidleines are
replaced with the information the user types.

Is there some way this could be achieved?

Thanks,

John

You might try a macrobutton field. See:
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

See http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide...tm#MacroButton,
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFl...acroButton.htm for more
about macrobutton fields.

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

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"John" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have been asked if it's possible to have guidelines appear in our
Reports template which will disappear as soon as the user starts typing.
E.g. Under a heading SUMMARY could be some text to describe the details
required in a summary. As soon as the user starts typing the summary the
guidleines are replaced with the information the user types.

Is there some way this could be achieved?

Thanks,

John

Thank you both.

John

"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message
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See http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide...tm#MacroButton,
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFl...acroButton.htm for more
about macrobutton fields.

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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"John" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have been asked if it's possible to have guidelines appear in our
Reports template which will disappear as soon as the user starts typing.
E.g. Under a heading SUMMARY could be some text to describe the details
required in a summary. As soon as the user starts typing the summary the
guidleines are replaced with the information the user types.

Is there some way this could be achieved?

Thanks,

John

I have tried putting several lines of instructions in the display text and
get an error "DisplayText cannot span more than one Line!"

Is this a limitation of this method?

John

"Greg" wrote in message
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You might try a macrobutton field. See:
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

Macrobutton display is limited to one line. Sorry.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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"John" wrote in message
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I have tried putting several lines of instructions in the display text and
get an error "DisplayText cannot span more than one Line!"

Is this a limitation of this method?

John

"Greg" wrote in message
oups.com...
You might try a macrobutton field. See:
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

Yes unfortunately it is.

You might find something suitable in one of these links:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/document_u...structions.htm
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Toggle_Data_Display.htm

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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


John wrote:
I have tried putting several lines of instructions in the display
text and get an error "DisplayText cannot span more than one Line!"

Is this a limitation of this method?

John

"Greg" wrote in message
oups.com...
You might try a macrobutton field. See:
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

I included the Instructions text and the MacroButton in a bookmark and then
had the macro delete the bookmark on a single click of the field.

Works just like I wanted.

Thanks for your help.

John

"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
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Yes unfortunately it is.

You might find something suitable in one of these links:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/document_u...structions.htm
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Toggle_Data_Display.htm

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


John wrote:
I have tried putting several lines of instructions in the display
text and get an error "DisplayText cannot span more than one Line!"

Is this a limitation of this method?

John

"Greg" wrote in message
oups.com...
You might try a macrobutton field. See:
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm