Would it be possible to generate a document with fields that would then
update the fields in three other document templates?

For instance if I had three forms that were all templates that had to have
the same client name, date, purchasing price, etc... Could I create one
template with those fields that when saved would update three other documents?

Thanks.

Not really. You could set the other three documents to update when they were
used, though. Otherwise, consider using mailmerge.
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Would it be possible to generate a document with fields that would then
update the fields in three other document templates?

For instance if I had three forms that were all templates that had to have
the same client name, date, purchasing price, etc... Could I create one
template with those fields that when saved would update three other
documents?

Thanks.

How could I set the other documents to update from the master document's
fields? Do you have a helpful "how to" link? Or what terminology would I
look up in the books we have about Word? Thanks for the reply!

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Not really. You could set the other three documents to update when they were
used, though. Otherwise, consider using mailmerge.
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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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"Steve N" Steve wrote in message
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Would it be possible to generate a document with fields that would then
update the fields in three other document templates?

For instance if I had three forms that were all templates that had to have
the same client name, date, purchasing price, etc... Could I create one
template with those fields that when saved would update three other
documents?

Thanks.

IncludeText would be one way, there's a guide here;
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfm...textfields.htm


On 10/18/05 1:40 PM, "Steve N" wrote:

How could I set the other documents to update from the master document's
fields? Do you have a helpful "how to" link? Or what terminology would I
look up in the books we have about Word? Thanks for the reply!

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Not really. You could set the other three documents to update when they were
used, though. Otherwise, consider using mailmerge.
--
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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"Steve N" Steve wrote in message
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Would it be possible to generate a document with fields that would then
update the fields in three other document templates?

For instance if I had three forms that were all templates that had to have
the same client name, date, purchasing price, etc... Could I create one
template with those fields that when saved would update three other
documents?

Thanks.




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