Creating a Form that the fields Popup First Before the document

[Guest]

I have seen a Word template that presents message boxes with a place to enter
the answer, a series of those appear then the form appears on the screen with
the fields all completed. Does anyone know how this is done.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have seen a Word template that presents message boxes with a place to
enter
the answer, a series of those appear then the form appears on the screen
with
the fields all completed. Does anyone know how this is done.

You can use FillIn fields, but they tend to be a bother for users --
particularly as they pop up again each time you print the document.

A better choice, if a bit more work, is a userform (a custom dialog box)
that pops up once and collects all the information needed to fill out the
entire document. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm.

 

[Greg]

See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm

 

[Guest]

How do I remove this from an already existing template. I thought there
would be a macro associated with this functionality but I don't see it.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It may be part of an AutoNew macro, but this just calls the Userform; the
UserForm itself is a separate block of code.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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[Guest]

Is there the option to hide the code and that's why I don't see it.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Where are you looking for it? Have you opened the VBA Editor?

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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[Jay Freedman]

I was under the impression that you had seen a template and you wanted
to duplicate its function. Your original post didn't mention wanting
to remove the function.

If the template you have uses a userform, there would indeed be a
macro to launch the userform as well as code associated with the form
itself. These would be visible in the Project pane of the VBA editor,
when you expand the icon for the template's project. If they're there,
you can right-click the module icons in the project and select Remove.

If there is no code, then the template probably uses fields, either
ASK fields or FILLIN fields. Looking at the body of the template,
press Alt+F9 to display all field codes. Look for ones with those two
keywords, and delete the fields.