Can I fill in header from text in body?

[Guest]

I am trying to create a form that would allow a part number to be entered in
the body of the form and would automatically fill in that part number in the
header of that form. I am using Word, 2003.

Is this possible?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In an ordinary document you could use a REF field, but REF fields don't
update automatically in the header of protected forms, and a macro is
required to update them manually. A StyleRef field, however, works just
great; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm.

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

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[Jay Freedman]

I am trying to create a form that would allow a part number to be entered in
the body of the form and would automatically fill in that part number in the
header of that form. I am using Word, 2003.

Is this possible?

Use a REF field in the header, referring to the name of the form field
(the "bookmark" item in the form field's Properties dialog). See
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm.

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Jay Freedman
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[Guest]

Will be giving that a try this morning. Thanks loads.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Jay, but it won't work unless I convert everything in the document to
a form. It looks as I can't have just the one field linked or Ref to the
header.

I don't think I will be able to make this ECO document 'engineer proof'.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Did you try a StyleRef field? See my previous post.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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