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Is it possible to have autotext enter information from one document into
another (if they're both open). For instance, I have a document that will
have a persons name on it and the place of their donations. I want that info
transfered to another document that will have the same thing, just slightly
different and instead of having to enter it into both, I just enter
information into one document, and then it appears in the other. Thanks!
 
Look into the IncludeText field.
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I looked at those sites, and didn't find anything useful. Maybe I'm missing
what I'm supposed to be looking for, but if you can provide a direct link to
help me out, or tell me what to click to make this happen, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks Charles!
 
You can find an includetext tutorial at
http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#Tutorials. Otherwise, check on it in
help.
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Suzanne, I tried to follow the tips on the website you gave me, but I keep
getting an "ERROR! Bookmark not defined" message. Any ideas as to why this
is happening? Thanks!
 
Probably because you haven't defined a bookmark in the source document.
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I'm sorry, I must really be stupid. This is what I've done so far.

In the main document (the one that I'll type in and the information will be
duplicated in another document), I've highlighted my text or where I'm going
to be typing, I've gone to bookmark, added a bookmark named "DonationName"
and then I went to the second document (the one that the information will be
transfered to) clicked on insert>file, then clicked on "Range," then typed my
bookmark name (DonationName), then clicked "insert as link." This is where
is keeps giving me the "ERROR! Bookmark not defined" message. Does that help
you out any as to knowing what I'm doing/doing wrong? Any more info would be
appreciated.

Thanks!
 
I didn't write the article and don't have much experience with this, but (a)
did you save the document with the bookmark in it before using Insert |
File, and (b) is there a possibility you overwrote the bookmark when you
typed in the source file?

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Did you save the first document (with the bookmark) before trying to insert
the range in the second?

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