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Automatically Add A Header to a Forms Document?
Now that I'm pretty good at creating them, I work a lot with forms.
The feature that has helped me most is being able to simply have a word or phrase I type at the beginning of a document fill in blanks all over the rest of the page. For example, when I type a recipient's name in the address line at the beginning of a letter, it will automatically fill in that name next to "Dear_____" and in several other places. What I'd like to do, though, is create a reference to a bookmark so that information I enter in a certain part of my document will fill in blanks to create a Header at the top of my page. For example, if I type a report that has a name like "ABC Investigation" and a file number such as "09-123," I'd like to be able to enter it once at the beginning of my document and have it automatically appear in the Header at the top of each page. I know how to do this when the target points are NOT in the header. But does anybody know if and HOW I can accomplish what I'm asking? |
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Automatically Add A Header to a Forms Document?
The best way is with a StyleRef field. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm. REF fields in the header/footer of a form cannot be updated (except with a macro), but StyleRef fields update automatically. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Papa Tom" wrote in message ... Now that I'm pretty good at creating them, I work a lot with forms. The feature that has helped me most is being able to simply have a word or phrase I type at the beginning of a document fill in blanks all over the rest of the page. For example, when I type a recipient's name in the address line at the beginning of a letter, it will automatically fill in that name next to "Dear_____" and in several other places. What I'd like to do, though, is create a reference to a bookmark so that information I enter in a certain part of my document will fill in blanks to create a Header at the top of my page. For example, if I type a report that has a name like "ABC Investigation" and a file number such as "09-123," I'd like to be able to enter it once at the beginning of my document and have it automatically appear in the Header at the top of each page. I know how to do this when the target points are NOT in the header. But does anybody know if and HOW I can accomplish what I'm asking? |
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:42:36 -0800 (PST), Papa Tom
wrote: Now that I'm pretty good at creating them, I work a lot with forms. The feature that has helped me most is being able to simply have a word or phrase I type at the beginning of a document fill in blanks all over the rest of the page. For example, when I type a recipient's name in the address line at the beginning of a letter, it will automatically fill in that name next to "Dear_____" and in several other places. What I'd like to do, though, is create a reference to a bookmark so that information I enter in a certain part of my document will fill in blanks to create a Header at the top of my page. For example, if I type a report that has a name like "ABC Investigation" and a file number such as "09-123," I'd like to be able to enter it once at the beginning of my document and have it automatically appear in the Header at the top of each page. I know how to do this when the target points are NOT in the header. But does anybody know if and HOW I can accomplish what I'm asking? Make up a character style and apply it to the place in the text that contains the first piece of information to be repeated (or to the field where you'll type that information). Make up another character style and apply it to the next piece of information, and so on. Don't use those styles anywhere else. Then put {StyleRef} fields in the header, each containing the name of one of those special character styles. For example, if you defined a character style named "Customer" and applied it to the form field where the customer's name will be typed, you would put the field {StyleRef Customer} in the header to repeat the customer's name there. The header can also contain plain text that won't change, and other fields. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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On Jan 19, 9:38*pm, Jay Freedman wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:42:36 -0800 (PST), Papa Tom wrote: Now that I'm pretty good at creating them, I work a lot with forms. The feature that has helped me most is being able to simply have a word or phrase I type at the beginning of a document fill in blanks all over the rest of the page. *For example, when I type a recipient's name in the address line at the beginning of a letter, it will automatically fill in that name next to "Dear_____" and in several other places. What I'd like to do, though, is create a reference to a bookmark so that information I enter in a certain part of my document will fill in blanks to create a Header at the top of my page. *For example, if I type a report that has a name like "ABC Investigation" and a file number such as "09-123," I'd like to be able to enter it once at the beginning of my document and have it automatically appear in the Header at the top of each page. I know how to do this when the target points are NOT in the header. But does anybody know if and HOW I can accomplish what I'm asking? Make up a character style and apply it to the place in the text that contains the first piece of information to be repeated (or to the field where you'll type that information). Make up another character style and apply it to the next piece of information, and so on. Don't use those styles anywhere else. Then put {StyleRef} fields in the header, each containing the name of one of those special character styles. For example, if you defined a character style named "Customer" and applied it to the form field where the customer's name will be typed, you would put the field {StyleRef Customer} in the header to repeat the customer's name there. The header can also contain plain text that won't change, and other fields. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Can somebody give me a step-by-step? Pllllllleeeeeeeease?????? |
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See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Papa Tom" wrote in message ... On Jan 19, 9:38 pm, Jay Freedman wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:42:36 -0800 (PST), Papa Tom wrote: Now that I'm pretty good at creating them, I work a lot with forms. The feature that has helped me most is being able to simply have a word or phrase I type at the beginning of a document fill in blanks all over the rest of the page. For example, when I type a recipient's name in the address line at the beginning of a letter, it will automatically fill in that name next to "Dear_____" and in several other places. What I'd like to do, though, is create a reference to a bookmark so that information I enter in a certain part of my document will fill in blanks to create a Header at the top of my page. For example, if I type a report that has a name like "ABC Investigation" and a file number such as "09-123," I'd like to be able to enter it once at the beginning of my document and have it automatically appear in the Header at the top of each page. I know how to do this when the target points are NOT in the header. But does anybody know if and HOW I can accomplish what I'm asking? Make up a character style and apply it to the place in the text that contains the first piece of information to be repeated (or to the field where you'll type that information). Make up another character style and apply it to the next piece of information, and so on. Don't use those styles anywhere else. Then put {StyleRef} fields in the header, each containing the name of one of those special character styles. For example, if you defined a character style named "Customer" and applied it to the form field where the customer's name will be typed, you would put the field {StyleRef Customer} in the header to repeat the customer's name there. The header can also contain plain text that won't change, and other fields. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Can somebody give me a step-by-step? Pllllllleeeeeeeease?????? |
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Thanks. As proficient as I am with the day-to-day operation of Windows and computers in general, articles like that may as well be written in Martian language. I guess I just don't have the brain for it anymore! |
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Automatically Add A Header to a Forms Document?
Papa Tom wrote:
Thanks. As proficient as I am with the day-to-day operation of Windows and computers in general, articles like that may as well be written in Martian language. I guess I just don't have the brain for it anymore! Maybe these how-to pages will connect with you better. Creating a style: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...CH060830091033 (in step 4, choose 'Character' in the Style Type box) Creating StyleRef fields: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...CH061047111033 (although the page is titled 'Create a dictionary-style page header', it's really about StyleRef fields) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Automatically Add A Header to a Forms Document?
Well, that article is about as step-by-step as we can get, and it offers a
lot more detail than anyone is going to provide in a NG post (plus screen shots). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Papa Tom" wrote in message ... Thanks. As proficient as I am with the day-to-day operation of Windows and computers in general, articles like that may as well be written in Martian language. I guess I just don't have the brain for it anymore! |
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