I am creating a template for other users. I would like a portion of the
footer to automatically be the same as the "Project Title" that the user will
assign. It seems like I might be able to use the "DocVariable" Field Code to
do this, but I don't understand how to assign/create the variables. Can
anyone help?

Thanks.

Wendy D wrote:
I am creating a template for other users. I would like a portion of
the footer to automatically be the same as the "Project Title" that
the user will assign. It seems like I might be able to use the
"DocVariable" Field Code to do this, but I don't understand how to
assign/create the variables. Can anyone help?

Thanks.

If the information is being entered on the Custom tab of the File
Properties dialog, then you need to use a DocProperty field instead of a
DocVariable field.

Document variables can be created and modified only through macro code.
Document properties -- both built-in and custom -- can be managed in the
Properties dialog or by code.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

How is the user going to assign the "Project Title"

If it's via a control named txtProjectTitle on a Userform, in the command
button code in the form, you would use

With ActiveDocument
.Variables("varProjectTitle").Value = txtProjectTitle
.Range.Fields.Update
For i = 1 To .Sections.Count
.Sections(i).Footers(wdHeaderFooterFirstPage).Rang e.Fields.Update
.Sections(i).Footers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range. Fields.Update
Next i
End With

Then you would have a {DOCVARIABLE "varProjectTitle"} field wherever in the
document you wanted the Project Title to appear.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Wendy D" wrote in message
...
I am creating a template for other users. I would like a portion of the
footer to automatically be the same as the "Project Title" that the user
will
assign. It seems like I might be able to use the "DocVariable" Field Code
to
do this, but I don't understand how to assign/create the variables. Can
anyone help?

Thanks.