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Autopopulate user data into Template/Form fields
When using Lotus SmartSuite Wordpro, there was a feature that allowed users
to enter all their personal information (name, address, phone, etc) into a form (File UserSetup Workpro Preferences User). Template forms were created and when each user opened the template there were fields that grabbed this data from wordpro. Is it possible to set something like this up wtih Office 2007? What is the best practice with Microsoft Office 2007 to allow users to manually enter their data in one place to then be pulled in and populate form fields? An example would be our expense report - how to pull in user name and cost center to populate the designated form fields? |
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Autopopulate user data into Template/Form fields
Hi ?B?S3J5c3RhbA==?=,
When using Lotus SmartSuite Wordpro, there was a feature that allowed users to enter all their personal information (name, address, phone, etc) into a form (File UserSetup Workpro Preferences User). Template forms were created and when each user opened the template there were fields that grabbed this data from wordpro. Is it possible to set something like this up wtih Office 2007? What is the best practice with Microsoft Office 2007 to allow users to manually enter their data in one place to then be pulled in and populate form fields? An example would be our expense report - how to pull in user name and cost center to populate the designated form fields? The closest you can get with Word without programming a macro is to provide a personalized template for each user, then store this information in document properties (File/Properties). The content can then be displayed in the document using DocProperty fields. If that's not what you're looking for, then you have to use a macro. In this case, the template can be shared by all users and their personal information written to an external store, such as the Registry, an INI or an XML file. 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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