As Cindy says, the UserForm approach is very simple for users, but it
requires some VBA ability to create a UserForm. If you're not up to that,
you can get Bill Coan's DataPrompter utility
(
http://www.wordsite.com/DataPrompter.html), which automates the production
of UserForms.
Another approach (which is used in many of the Microsoft-supplied templates)
is to use MacroButton fields. When you see something like "[Click here and
type address]," that's what you're dealing with. These fields are very easy
to create and take advantage of the fact that clicking anywhere in a field
selects the entire field; provided "Typing replaces selection" is enabled
(as it is by default), typing overwrites the field.
The MacroButton field consists of three parts: the field name, a macro name,
and a prompt, which the field will display. An example of a MacroButton
field is:
{ MACROBUTTON NoMacro [Click here and type address] }
The usual purpose of a MacroButton field is to run a macro when you
double-click on it, but Word won't complain if you provide the name for a
macro that doesn't exist (such as "NoMacro").
To create the field, type text such as that above, varying the prompt text
as desired, select it, and press Ctrl+F9 to turn it into a field (or press
Ctrl+F9 to insert the field delimiters and type between them). Then press F9
to update the field and display just the prompt. Needless to say, you should
insert the field in a paragraph formatted with the style you want the text
to use.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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