The firm used Word Perfect and had a template information box appear whenever
typing a letter to add date, address, e-mail address, etc. Does Word 2003
have something similar because everyone is not familiar with merge, fields
or even Word for that matter.

In Word '03 if you go to Tools-> Letters and Mailing->Letter Wizard that
maybe what you are looking for.

Carrie

"drain" wrote:

> The firm used Word Perfect and had a template information box appear whenever
> typing a letter to add date, address, e-mail address, etc. Does Word 2003
> have something similar because everyone is not familiar with merge, fields
> or even Word for that matter.

It may be that your old WordPerfect templates used something similar to
Word's ASK and FILLIN fields or perhaps an analog to Word's VBA macros.
Assistance on using these features is available through the Word help, as
well as from many excellent online resources such as:
http://word.mvps.org/index.html
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
http://www.gmayor.com/
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/index.html
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"drain" wrote:

> The firm used Word Perfect and had a template information box appear whenever
> typing a letter to add date, address, e-mail address, etc. Does Word 2003
> have something similar because everyone is not familiar with merge, fields
> or even Word for that matter.

What you are describing is a userform - For the basics, see Word MVP FAQ -
Userforms
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm

for a more in depth explanation, see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and...a_UserForm.htm

However see also http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm and
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

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drain wrote:
> The firm used Word Perfect and had a template information box appear
> whenever typing a letter to add date, address, e-mail address, etc.
> Does Word 2003 have something similar because everyone is not
> familiar with merge, fields or even Word for that matter.