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Enter data in 1 text form field & have multiple locations filled i
I want to have clients fill out a custom proposal form with their name and an
advisors name and have these names appear in several places throughout the document. Ex) Type name in, on first page only, and have it appear on all pages in document.This document also needs to be locked, except for form fields, and emailed out to clients. Is is possible to have a person type in his/her information in one field and have that information populate multiple fields? And, Or can I put a text form field in the Header/Footer, word gives me an error when I try. Thank you for you help Jim |
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Enter data in 1 text form field & have multiple locations filled i
Every form field has a built-in bookmark, which you can ascertain (and
change if you like) in the Form Field Options dialog. Where you want the data entered in this form field repeated, insert a cross-reference to the bookmark text of that bookmark. Be sure to check "Calculate on exit" in the Form Field Options so that the cross-reference will update automatically. -- 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. "James" wrote in message ... I want to have clients fill out a custom proposal form with their name and an advisors name and have these names appear in several places throughout the document. Ex) Type name in, on first page only, and have it appear on all pages in document.This document also needs to be locked, except for form fields, and emailed out to clients. Is is possible to have a person type in his/her information in one field and have that information populate multiple fields? And, Or can I put a text form field in the Header/Footer, word gives me an error when I try. Thank you for you help Jim |
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Enter data in 1 text form field & have multiple locations fill
Suzanne,
Thank you so much for the info. However, I must be missing a vital step. Anytime I create a form field and go into properties there is a text reference such as "text1" in the bookmark window. When I create the second form field and put "text1" into that bookmark it it disappears from the first form field. I re-opened the first field to double check this and the bookmark field is now empty. It will not allow me to put the same thing in 2 different bookmarks. Could you help me further? Jim "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Every form field has a built-in bookmark, which you can ascertain (and change if you like) in the Form Field Options dialog. Where you want the data entered in this form field repeated, insert a cross-reference to the bookmark text of that bookmark. Be sure to check "Calculate on exit" in the Form Field Options so that the cross-reference will update automatically. -- 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. "James" wrote in message ... I want to have clients fill out a custom proposal form with their name and an advisors name and have these names appear in several places throughout the document. Ex) Type name in, on first page only, and have it appear on all pages in document.This document also needs to be locked, except for form fields, and emailed out to clients. Is is possible to have a person type in his/her information in one field and have that information populate multiple fields? And, Or can I put a text form field in the Header/Footer, word gives me an error when I try. Thank you for you help Jim |
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Enter data in 1 text form field & have multiple locations fill
You shouldn't have the same bookmark for more than one form field. The
additional references are not form fields but cross-references, inserted using Insert | Reference | Cross-reference to Bookmark text of Bookmark (select the appropriate one). -- 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. "James" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Thank you so much for the info. However, I must be missing a vital step. Anytime I create a form field and go into properties there is a text reference such as "text1" in the bookmark window. When I create the second form field and put "text1" into that bookmark it it disappears from the first form field. I re-opened the first field to double check this and the bookmark field is now empty. It will not allow me to put the same thing in 2 different bookmarks. Could you help me further? Jim "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Every form field has a built-in bookmark, which you can ascertain (and change if you like) in the Form Field Options dialog. Where you want the data entered in this form field repeated, insert a cross-reference to the bookmark text of that bookmark. Be sure to check "Calculate on exit" in the Form Field Options so that the cross-reference will update automatically. -- 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. "James" wrote in message ... I want to have clients fill out a custom proposal form with their name and an advisors name and have these names appear in several places throughout the document. Ex) Type name in, on first page only, and have it appear on all pages in document.This document also needs to be locked, except for form fields, and emailed out to clients. Is is possible to have a person type in his/her information in one field and have that information populate multiple fields? And, Or can I put a text form field in the Header/Footer, word gives me an error when I try. Thank you for you help Jim |
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