How do I...

[Guest]

Here's the question:

I have a word document that I use in over 50 court districts. The document
is identical the only thing that is different between them is the court name
and address.

So I have 50 documents saved, 1 for each court, my question - since the
document I used is identical between the courts, is there a way to use only
"1" document but build in some kind of pull-down menu that would allow me to
pick what court name and address that I want in the document?

This way instead of sorting through 50 saved documents looking for the court
I need, I could just open 1 document and then pick the court I want.

If anyone knows if this is at possible, it would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Todd

 

[Greg Maxey]

Todd,

It is possible. You could create a userform that with a drop down of the 50
courts and when you selected the court you could have it set the value of a
bookmark in the document to the Court Name, Address, etc. Quite a bit of
work.

You could also just create 50 AUTOTEXT entries. Select all of the court
address information and create the entry named for the court.

For example. Type:

This Court
123 Pleasant Ave.
Anywhere, USA 12345

Select the text, press ALT+F3, name it This Court

When open a document. Go where you want the court address and use
Insert>AutoText to insert the This Court entry.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Or, use an AutoTextList Field.
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm
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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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