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Old August 12th, 2004, 04:09 PM
James
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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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Old August 12th, 2004, 05:06 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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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.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"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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Old August 12th, 2004, 07:57 PM
James
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Default 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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Old August 12th, 2004, 08:41 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default 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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Old August 12th, 2004, 10:02 PM
Greg Maxey
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Default Enter data in 1 text form field & have multiple locations fill

James,

See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm
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James wrote:
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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