I want to create a field in a Word template with instructions that disappear
when the user enters input.

Try a macrobutton field.

http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide...tm#MacroButton
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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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Joan" wrote in message
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I want to create a field in a Word template with instructions that
disappear
when the user enters input.