best "pick list" approach ?

[RJK]

Can somone suggest the 'best' {or a 'good'} approach, (while working in a
Word document), for reducing manually typed and repeated text strings that's
also an alternative to "copy and pasting" short phrases from a second, open
Word doc. that was being maintained as a 'product list.' ?

e.g. While preparing and working in an 'estimate' or 'quotation' type Word
document, rather than perhaps have two Word documents open at the same
time - e.g. the 'estimate' or 'quotation' type Word document, and a 'phrase
list' Word doc. ,one has to keep jumping between the two Word docs, to copy
and paste.

This is so hard to explain......
If I made a *.csv format ASCII file of my product list and imported it into
a database file, (e.g. an Access table), could one get that table to pop up
in a Word doc. so that I could scroll through it, locate a product
description, and get that product description inserted at the current edit
insertion point, in the Word doc. ?

Any thoughts muchly appreciated

regards, Richard

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You might be interested in the 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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[Dayo Mitchell]

Not that hard to explain--you have a few options, which these webpages will
tell you about:

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

http://members.verizon.net/~vze27sds/autotext.htm

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/AutoTextList.htm

DM

 

[RJK]

Thanks Suzanne, that's brilliant, ...and so, obviously, are you

regards, Richard

 

[RJK]

Thanks DM, that's brilliant, ...and so, obviously, are you

regards, Richard