inserting text into footers

[Glyn]

I would like to create a running footer that automatically grabs text from
the first page of a report (e.g. the report title). Is it possible to do
this in Word?

 

[DeanH]

This is the function of the Footer (and Header) in Word, yes.
Most people have problems with stopping this from happeining when they want
to change the Footer/Header content mid-way through a document.
If you do not see the Header/Footer in your document and hence cannot enter
text, click on View, Header and Footers and these areas should now be
available to you for editing.
Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[DeanH]

Forgot to say, if you want Word to automatically capture text and repeat this
in the Header/Footer, See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm

 

[Brian]

Glyn,

I put the title of the document into the documents properties, then in the
footer I would insert a fields based on the document properties and select
Title.

Field/Document Properties/summary tab - enter the title

then at the insertion point
Insert/Field - scroll down and click DocProperty - in the property list
select Title then click ok.

Hope this helps

 

[Glyn]

Brian

Many thanks.

Kind regards,

Glyn

Glyn,

I put the title of the document into the documents properties, then in the
footer I would insert a fields based on the document properties and select
Title.

Field/Document Properties/summary tab - enter the title

then at the insertion point
Insert/Field - scroll down and click DocProperty - in the property list
select Title then click ok.

Hope this helps

 

[Glyn]

Dean

Many thanks.

Kind regards,

Glyn

Forgot to say, if you want Word to automatically capture text and repeat this
in the Header/Footer, See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A StyleRef field will do what you want. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm