How do I create a document with fixed text that i will have the ability to
tab throught specific fields to change the content without changing the body
of the document.

You want to create a form.

Create your document with all your standard text and leave blanks for your
form fields. Then, bring up the forms toolbar (right click any toolbar and
choose forms). Add text form fields where you need to add text. Spell check
the form. When you are done and the document is formatted the way you want
it to look, click the button on the Forms toolbar that looks like a little
padlock. This will protect the form so that the only area you may type in
are the form fields. Save your document and you're done.

"bgddyriq" wrote:

How do I create a document with fixed text that i will have the ability to
tab throught specific fields to change the content without changing the body
of the document.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"bgddyriq" wrote in message
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How do I create a document with fixed text that i will have the ability to
tab throught specific fields to change the content without changing the
body
of the document.

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

Hope this helps,
--

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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"bgddyriq" wrote in message
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How do I create a document with fixed text that i will have the ability to
tab throught specific fields to change the content without changing the
body
of the document.

i have created a word template and secured it, but paragraphs can still be
added to it outside of the form fields I inputted. How do I restrict the
form to the form fields only?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

--
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.

"bgddyriq" wrote in message
...
How do I create a document with fixed text that i will have the ability to
tab throught specific fields to change the content without changing the
body
of the document.

Have you protected the document for forms?

--
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.

"DDTexan" wrote in message
...
i have created a word template and secured it, but paragraphs can still be
added to it outside of the form fields I inputted. How do I restrict the
form to the form fields only?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links
to.

--
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.

"bgddyriq" wrote in message
...
How do I create a document with fixed text that i will have the
ability to
tab throught specific fields to change the content without changing
the
body
of the document.

You need to protect (lock) the form. What you are talking about is what Word
calls an "online form." Check this in help. For more about online forms,
follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

Hope this helps,
--

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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"DDTexan" wrote in message
...
i have created a word template and secured it, but paragraphs can still be
added to it outside of the form fields I inputted. How do I restrict the
form to the form fields only?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links
to.

--
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.

"bgddyriq" wrote in message
...
How do I create a document with fixed text that i will have the ability
to
tab throught specific fields to change the content without changing the
body
of the document.