form letters

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How can I set up words or small phrases a form letter that need to be changed
with every letter. I do not want to use mail merge, because these letters
are only completed one at a time, never in bulk. I want the areas of the
letter that need to be completed to be eye-catching, such as a greyed out
area. Any suggestions?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You might use an AutoTextList field; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Charles Kenyon]

You could use macrobutton fields. Note, though, that I regularly use
mailmerge for letters and forms that are done one at a time and not in bulk.
You don't have to produce the completed merge for more than one record at a
time.

See http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/fields.htm#MacroButton,
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm for more
about macrobutton fields.

For something where the only places you make changes are the ones you
designate, you would want to look into what Word calls an "online form."
Check this in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm.

Hope this helps,
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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