AboutSuzanne S. Barnhill Expertise I've been using Word for Windows since version 2.0 (1992), and the more I learn
about it, the more I realize how little I know. But I may know a few things
that you don't, and I'll help if I can. I answer many questions every day in
Microsoft's peer support newsgroups and as a result have been awarded the
MVP (Most Valuable Professional) designation by Microsoft Corporation. You
may be able to find the answer to your question at the Word MVPs' FAQ site or at my own Word FAQ site, so please check those first! Please, no questions about VBA (macros), Registry editing, networks, or complex merges, as I have no experience with these aspects of Word, nor do I have any experience with Word for the Mac.
Experience I have a master's degree in classics (Latin), which is surprisingly helpful, though I no longer teach. The things I am proudest of: Having raised two children to maturity, both Merit Scholars, both college graduates (one a philosophy major!), one Phi Beta Kappa (from Harvard!); having been made a Paul Harris Fellow by my Rotary club; having been designated a Microsoft MVP.
Education/Credentials B.A. (Latin), Agnes Scott College, 1966; M.A. (Classics), Emory University, 1972.
Question I use MS word 2007 at work as a crisis counselor in the ER. Many of my documents are several pages long and identical information has to be typed on each page. Is there any way in word to set a text box that when I type in it, it will auto fill the same information on the next page? For instance every page needs to have patient name, date of birth, and medicaid number. I'm just trying to keep from having to duplicate information in my documentation. Thanks!
Answer If your document is set up as a protected form, this is quite easy, but there are other methods of repeating data depending on your situation. See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm for a rundown and explanation.
Note that Word 2007 makes it a bit harder to access legacy form fields but also permits the use of new content controls that may be even better for your purposes.
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