[lenbel]

I am using word 2007 and i want to link text fill-in fields to several other
word 2007 documents. i have tried several times and it seems to work on some
but not on others. does the "protection" have to be off on the document
containing the fill-in field to copy and paste special then unformatted link
then i go and format the new linked item in the new document? it works
sometime and not others is there a limit of how many times an item can be
linked?

[Graham Mayor]

If you use the method described to copy a form text field to the clipboard
and paste as a link into another document, you will produce a field such as
{ LINK Word.Document.12 "D:\\My Documents\\Word documents\\Test1.docx"
"OLE_LINK1" \a \t } This should display the content of the form field
automatically while both documents are open. It should not be necessary to
unprotect the form. You can copy and paste that field a number of times in
the target document
or
you can include it in a set field and use a REF field to place it.
{ SET Name { LINK Word.Document.12 "D:\\My Documents\\Word
documents\\Test1.docx" "OLE_LINK1" \a \t } }{ REF Name }

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




lenbel wrote:
I am using word 2007 and i want to link text fill-in fields to
several other word 2007 documents. i have tried several times and it
seems to work on some but not on others. does the "protection" have
to be off on the document containing the fill-in field to copy and
paste special then unformatted link then i go and format the new
linked item in the new document? it works sometime and not others is
there a limit of how many times an item can be linked?

[lenbel]

thanks Graham does it matter that i am linking this text field to many many
different documents?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If you use the method described to copy a form text field to the clipboard
and paste as a link into another document, you will produce a field such as
{ LINK Word.Document.12 "D:\\My Documents\\Word documents\\Test1.docx"
"OLE_LINK1" \a \t } This should display the content of the form field
automatically while both documents are open. It should not be necessary to
unprotect the form. You can copy and paste that field a number of times in
the target document
or
you can include it in a set field and use a REF field to place it.
{ SET Name { LINK Word.Document.12 "D:\\My Documents\\Word
documents\\Test1.docx" "OLE_LINK1" \a \t } }{ REF Name }

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




lenbel wrote:
I am using word 2007 and i want to link text fill-in fields to
several other word 2007 documents. i have tried several times and it
seems to work on some but not on others. does the "protection" have
to be off on the document containing the fill-in field to copy and
paste special then unformatted link then i go and format the new
linked item in the new document? it works sometime and not others is
there a limit of how many times an item can be linked?

[Graham Mayor]

Let's put it this way. It *shouldn't* matter; however OLE linking is often
somewhat flaky.

If the other documents do not require separate editing - eg they are part of
the same document package. Then it would be simpler to combine them into
one document and use REF fields to reproduce the data. - see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm

If memory serves well, Greg was working on a utility for preparing batches
documents with common data. I don't see it on his web site, but he may be
persuaded to reveal more information.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




lenbel wrote:
thanks Graham does it matter that i am linking this text field to
many many different documents?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If you use the method described to copy a form text field to the
clipboard and paste as a link into another document, you will
produce a field such as { LINK Word.Document.12 "D:\\My
Documents\\Word documents\\Test1.docx" "OLE_LINK1" \a \t } This
should display the content of the form field automatically while
both documents are open. It should not be necessary to unprotect the
form. You can copy and paste that field a number of times in the
target document
or
you can include it in a set field and use a REF field to place it.
{ SET Name { LINK Word.Document.12 "D:\\My Documents\\Word
documents\\Test1.docx" "OLE_LINK1" \a \t } }{ REF Name }

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




lenbel wrote:
I am using word 2007 and i want to link text fill-in fields to
several other word 2007 documents. i have tried several times and
it seems to work on some but not on others. does the "protection"
have to be off on the document containing the fill-in field to copy
and paste special then unformatted link then i go and format the new
linked item in the new document? it works sometime and not others
is there a limit of how many times an item can be linked?

[lenbel]

Thanks so much Graham, i have changed the link to "header" and location is
document that holds the header some of the documents had the link to a
"template" location which doesn't exist once you close out. i really
appreciate this information and i did go to the other website and print out
the information. Thanks again for making me look good to my boss.


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Let's put it this way. It *shouldn't* matter; however OLE linking is often
somewhat flaky.

If the other documents do not require separate editing - eg they are part of
the same document package. Then it would be simpler to combine them into
one document and use REF fields to reproduce the data. - see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm

If memory serves well, Greg was working on a utility for preparing batches
documents with common data. I don't see it on his web site, but he may be
persuaded to reveal more information.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




lenbel wrote:
thanks Graham does it matter that i am linking this text field to
many many different documents?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If you use the method described to copy a form text field to the
clipboard and paste as a link into another document, you will
produce a field such as { LINK Word.Document.12 "D:\\My
Documents\\Word documents\\Test1.docx" "OLE_LINK1" \a \t } This
should display the content of the form field automatically while
both documents are open. It should not be necessary to unprotect the
form. You can copy and paste that field a number of times in the
target document
or
you can include it in a set field and use a REF field to place it.
{ SET Name { LINK Word.Document.12 "D:\\My Documents\\Word
documents\\Test1.docx" "OLE_LINK1" \a \t } }{ REF Name }

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




lenbel wrote:
I am using word 2007 and i want to link text fill-in fields to
several other word 2007 documents. i have tried several times and
it seems to work on some but not on others. does the "protection"
have to be off on the document containing the fill-in field to copy
and paste special then unformatted link then i go and format the new
linked item in the new document? it works sometime and not others
is there a limit of how many times an item can be linked?