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How do I get Text Form Fields to automatically prepopulate?
Is there a way to get Text Form Fields in Microsoft Word to automatically
prepopulate - if it's a field asking for information being inputted in an earlier field? For example, in Adobe Acrobat's fields, you can have the same information appear mulitiple times in the document simply by using the same name for a field. |
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See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "s7o7b7" wrote in message ... Is there a way to get Text Form Fields in Microsoft Word to automatically prepopulate - if it's a field asking for information being inputted in an earlier field? For example, in Adobe Acrobat's fields, you can have the same information appear mulitiple times in the document simply by using the same name for a field. |
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Hi Suzanne,
Opening print preview and closing it will refresh all fields. For example, if you have Field A and want Field A's contents to appear in, say the Footer section, give Field A a bookmark name, Insert Field A as a bookmark field in the Footer, and then do the open print preview, close print preview thing. This isn't elegant, but it does work. I'm going to be posting a long message next as I'm having troubles with forms as well. If someone else can offer a more elegant solution for this problem that would be great. Better still, if someone can help me with my general field and macro problems, coming up next. Thanks. "s7o7b7" wrote: Is there a way to get Text Form Fields in Microsoft Word to automatically prepopulate - if it's a field asking for information being inputted in an earlier field? For example, in Adobe Acrobat's fields, you can have the same information appear mulitiple times in the document simply by using the same name for a field. |
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See Greg Maxey's article. Form fields are automatically bookmarks.
-- 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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Think.Ng." wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, Opening print preview and closing it will refresh all fields. For example, if you have Field A and want Field A's contents to appear in, say the Footer section, give Field A a bookmark name, Insert Field A as a bookmark field in the Footer, and then do the open print preview, close preview thing. This isn't elegant, but it does work. I'm going to be posting a long message next as I'm having troubles with forms as well. If someone else can offer a more elegant solution for this problem that would be great. Better still, if someone can help me with my general field and macro problems, coming up next. Thanks. "s7o7b7" wrote: Is there a way to get Text Form Fields in Microsoft Word to automatically prepopulate - if it's a field asking for information being inputted in an earlier field? For example, in Adobe Acrobat's fields, you can have the same information appear mulitiple times in the document simply by using the same name for a field. |
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