Form Field Automation

[Guest]

I would like to automate a form that I'm creating, so that once I fill in a
form field, ie company name it will automatically populate itself anywhere
else in the form it is identified. I know that I can lable a form field with
a bookmark, but how can I automatically insert the contents of this bookmark
elsewhere in the form and have it happen automatically?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I would like to automate a form that I'm creating, so that once I
fill in a form field, ie company name it will automatically populate
itself anywhere else in the form it is identified. I know that I can
lable a form field with a bookmark, but how can I automatically
insert the contents of this bookmark elsewhere in the form and have
it happen automatically?

At the other locations, insert a cross-reference to the field's bookmark
name. In the field's property dialog, check the box for Calculate on Exit.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Form fields are automatically marked with bookmark names, you may want to
change the name to make it more meaningful. Look at the field properties to
change the name. While you are there, check the option to "calculate on
exit." See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm for the specific
answer to your question.

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more
about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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