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How do I insert cross-reference in form
I am using MS Word 2002. I have created a form template using the forms
toolbar and text fields. When a user completes the form and puts text in a particular text form field, I would like the same text to automatically appear in the document header. I made the form field a heading and tried to insert a cross-reference to the heading text in the document header, but since the form template text field is blank, there is nothing to cross-reference. Thanks in advance for your help! Carol |
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How do I insert cross-reference in form
Hi ?B?Q2Fyb2w=?=,
I am using MS Word 2002. I have created a form template using the forms toolbar and text fields. When a user completes the form and puts text in a particular text form field, I would like the same text to automatically appear in the document header. I made the form field a heading and tried to insert a cross-reference to the heading text in the document header, but since the form template text field is blank, there is nothing to cross-reference. That shouldn't matter, as long as the "Calculate on Exit" checkbox is activated in the form field. Try protecting the document, type something in, then TAB out of the form field. Does the text now appear in the header? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How do I insert cross-reference in form
I found what you wrote about, but I need to take a step back because I don't
know how to actually insert the cross-reference in the document header when the form text field is still blank (i.e. no one has actually completed the form - the text field is blank.) Is there a way to reference a blank text form field in a form so that I can refer to it when I cross-reference it? When I click Insert/Reference/Cross-reference/ and it displays a daughter window, I then select "Heading" in the "Reference Type" box and "Heading Text" in the "Insert Reference To" box. In the big box below, nothing appears so the heading does not appear, and the "Insert" button below the big box is grayed out. I hope this makes sense. Thanks for your help. ~C "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?Q2Fyb2w=?=, I am using MS Word 2002. I have created a form template using the forms toolbar and text fields. When a user completes the form and puts text in a particular text form field, I would like the same text to automatically appear in the document header. I made the form field a heading and tried to insert a cross-reference to the heading text in the document header, but since the form template text field is blank, there is nothing to cross-reference. That shouldn't matter, as long as the "Calculate on Exit" checkbox is activated in the form field. Try protecting the document, type something in, then TAB out of the form field. Does the text now appear in the header? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How do I insert cross-reference in form
Use a StyleRef field and a special character style.
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm -- 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 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Carol" wrote in message ... I am using MS Word 2002. I have created a form template using the forms toolbar and text fields. When a user completes the form and puts text in a particular text form field, I would like the same text to automatically appear in the document header. I made the form field a heading and tried to insert a cross-reference to the heading text in the document header, but since the form template text field is blank, there is nothing to cross-reference. Thanks in advance for your help! Carol |
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How do I insert cross-reference in form
Hi Carol,
I found what you wrote about, but I need to take a step back because I don't know how to actually insert the cross-reference in the document header when the form text field is still blank (i.e. no one has actually completed the form - the text field is blank.) Is there a way to reference a blank text form field in a form so that I can refer to it when I cross-reference it? When I click Insert/Reference/Cross-reference/ and it displays a daughter window, I then select "Heading" in the "Reference Type" box and "Heading Text" in the "Insert Reference To" box. In the big box below, nothing appears so the heading does not appear, and the "Insert" button below the big box is grayed out. Ah, right. Set the cross-reference to the form field name. That's actually a bookmark and should be in the list, even if there's no text in the form field. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How do I insert cross-reference in form
Cross-references in the headers of protected forms do not update
automatically; a macro is required to update them. A StyleRef field is a better choice; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.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. "Carol" wrote in message ... I am using MS Word 2002. I have created a form template using the forms toolbar and text fields. When a user completes the form and puts text in a particular text form field, I would like the same text to automatically appear in the document header. I made the form field a heading and tried to insert a cross-reference to the heading text in the document header, but since the form template text field is blank, there is nothing to cross-reference. Thanks in advance for your help! Carol |
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How do I insert cross-reference in form
Often the Ref field does not work that well in the header of a protected
form, but the StyleRef field will. -- 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 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000c1dc.0297ecd8@speedy... Hi Carol, I found what you wrote about, but I need to take a step back because I don't know how to actually insert the cross-reference in the document header when the form text field is still blank (i.e. no one has actually completed the form - the text field is blank.) Is there a way to reference a blank text form field in a form so that I can refer to it when I cross-reference it? When I click Insert/Reference/Cross-reference/ and it displays a daughter window, I then select "Heading" in the "Reference Type" box and "Heading Text" in the "Insert Reference To" box. In the big box below, nothing appears so the heading does not appear, and the "Insert" button below the big box is grayed out. Ah, right. Set the cross-reference to the form field name. That's actually a bookmark and should be in the list, even if there's no text in the form field. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How do I insert cross-reference in form
Well, I'm getting closer to this working, but am not quite there yet. I now
can create the header with the cross-referenced bookmark, but I can't get it to automatically update in a locked form. I can manually get the bookmark in the header to update in an unlocked form (I checked the box to auto calc. on exit), but I will be locking the form template so that users won't change the template. Any thoughts? I can't expect the users to do anything more complicated then click, type and save. Any thoughts? thanks~C "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi Carol, I found what you wrote about, but I need to take a step back because I don't know how to actually insert the cross-reference in the document header when the form text field is still blank (i.e. no one has actually completed the form - the text field is blank.) Is there a way to reference a blank text form field in a form so that I can refer to it when I cross-reference it? When I click Insert/Reference/Cross-reference/ and it displays a daughter window, I then select "Heading" in the "Reference Type" box and "Heading Text" in the "Insert Reference To" box. In the big box below, nothing appears so the heading does not appear, and the "Insert" button below the big box is grayed out. Ah, right. Set the cross-reference to the form field name. That's actually a bookmark and should be in the list, even if there's no text in the form field. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Charles, not sure how to change the field designator when I used the forms
toolbar to insert the text field. Also, please see my last reply to Cindy's posting - still having problems getting it to automatically update...Thanks~C "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Often the Ref field does not work that well in the header of a protected form, but the StyleRef field will. -- 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 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000c1dc.0297ecd8@speedy... Hi Carol, I found what you wrote about, but I need to take a step back because I don't know how to actually insert the cross-reference in the document header when the form text field is still blank (i.e. no one has actually completed the form - the text field is blank.) Is there a way to reference a blank text form field in a form so that I can refer to it when I cross-reference it? When I click Insert/Reference/Cross-reference/ and it displays a daughter window, I then select "Heading" in the "Reference Type" box and "Heading Text" in the "Insert Reference To" box. In the big box below, nothing appears so the heading does not appear, and the "Insert" button below the big box is grayed out. Ah, right. Set the cross-reference to the form field name. That's actually a bookmark and should be in the list, even if there's no text in the form field. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How do I insert cross-reference in form
Suzanne, I will try your linked suggestion later tonight - it describes what
I am trying to do - thanks! ~Carol "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Cross-references in the headers of protected forms do not update automatically; a macro is required to update them. A StyleRef field is a better choice; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.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. "Carol" wrote in message ... I am using MS Word 2002. I have created a form template using the forms toolbar and text fields. When a user completes the form and puts text in a particular text form field, I would like the same text to automatically appear in the document header. I made the form field a heading and tried to insert a cross-reference to the heading text in the document header, but since the form template text field is blank, there is nothing to cross-reference. Thanks in advance for your help! Carol |
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