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About Anne Troy
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Office Articles Virtually all common questions about Microsoft Word, including all versions. Help with formatting and troubleshooting, templates and long documents.
Please: No VBA or macro questions.

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Author of Dreamboat on Word and Co-Author of Office VBA: Macros You Can Use Today. Me and Word have been together for about 15 years.

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Microsoft Word - Form Templates in Word '03 utilizing auto-fill

Expert: Anne Troy - 3/30/2006

Question
Hello -

I am trying to create a form template in Word 2003 that can utilize an auto-fill type feature (if possible). For example: at the very beginning of the template, the user will fill in a form field with his/her company name. I would then like to take that entry and propagate it throughout the rest of the form where applicable (rather than requiring the end user to re-enter their company name numerous times). This would need to be done for several different fields.

I've tried to create a macro that would select that entered text and then "find and replace all" to no avail. Unfortunately, the macro won't select the text I need. Additionally, the macro doesn't run when the form is protected.

Answer
Hi, Leah. This is pretty much a no-brainer. The issue is updating of fields, so see these two articles to learn how to accomplish your goals:

http://www.officearticles.com/word/create_a_reference_to_a_bookmark_in_microsoft...

(Make absolutely sure you check "calculate on exit"!)

http://www.officearticles.com/word/updating_fields_in_microsoft_word.htm

Hope it helps!

~Anne Troy

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