How do I create a template?

[Guest]

I need to create a template where the user can just click in thefield that
needs to be changed and enter their own information. For example, when I
look at the templates on the Microsoft website and download a letter there
are fields in there that look like this: [RicipientName] or [Address], etc.
That's what I need information on. Here is another example of what I want:

My first sentence would read as so:

This is to confirm that [ClientsName] has agreed to purchase a service which
will be delivered on [InsertDateHer]... etc...

Does this make sense and can someone tell me how to do this in a very simple
way?

Thank you

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm

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

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[Guest]

Thank you for your reply.

I've been trying to use that for the last 6 hours and I'm not having much
success. There must be an easier way.

Any clues?

Thanks

Capitals_Gem

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm

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

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all may benefit.

I need to create a template where the user can just click in thefield that
needs to be changed and enter their own information. For example, when I
look at the templates on the Microsoft website and download a letter there
are fields in there that look like this: [RicipientName] or [Address], etc.
That's what I need information on. Here is another example of what I want:

My first sentence would read as so:

This is to confirm that [ClientsName] has agreed to purchase a service which
will be delivered on [InsertDateHer]... etc...

Does this make sense and can someone tell me how to do this in a very simple
way?

Thank you

 

[Graham Mayor]

Maybe http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm explains it in a way you find
eassier to understand? This is not rocket science.

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Thank you for your reply.

I've been trying to use that for the last 6 hours and I'm not having
much success. There must be an easier way.

Any clues?

Thanks

Capitals_Gem

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

I need to create a template where the user can just click in
thefield that needs to be changed and enter their own information.
For example, when I look at the templates on the Microsoft website
and download a letter there are fields in there that look like
this: [RicipientName] or [Address], etc. That's what I need
information on. Here is another example of what I want:

My first sentence would read as so:

This is to confirm that [ClientsName] has agreed to purchase a
service which will be delivered on [InsertDateHer]... etc...

Does this make sense and can someone tell me how to do this in a
very simple way?

Thank you

 

[Charles Kenyon]

It is a macrobutton field. See
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/fields.htm#MacroButton and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm for more
about macrobutton fields.

You can type "MacroButton NoMacro [ Recipient Name ]" without the quotation
marks. Select it and press Ctrl-F9 to insert field delimiters. Then press F9
to update your field.
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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


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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The article does assume that you know how to create a field. You do this by
using Insert | Field and choosing the field type or by pressing Ctrl+F9 to
insert the field delimiters (the things that look like braces but can't be
typed from the keyboard) and then typing between them. If you use Insert |
Field: MacroButton, Word will prompt you for the display text but will also
require you to choose an existing macro from a list (if your document
contains no macros, you'll see a list of Word commands). For the purposes of
creating this field, you can choose any macro or command at random and then
edit the field to say NoMacro instead (you can do this either in the dialog,
by clicking the Field Codes... button) or in the document by pressing Alt+F9
to display the field code).

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Thank you for your reply.

I've been trying to use that for the last 6 hours and I'm not having much
success. There must be an easier way.

Any clues?

Thanks

Capitals_Gem

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

I need to create a template where the user can just click in thefield that
needs to be changed and enter their own information. For example, when I
look at the templates on the Microsoft website and download a letter there
are fields in there that look like this: [RicipientName] or

[Address],
etc.

That's what I need information on. Here is another example of what I want:

My first sentence would read as so:

This is to confirm that [ClientsName] has agreed to purchase a service which
will be delivered on [InsertDateHer]... etc...

Does this make sense and can someone tell me how to do this in a very simple
way?

Thank you