Issue with the Ask & Ref Fields

[Guest]

Hello all,

I am currently using MS Word 2002 to build a template. I have inserted the
Ask field to auto populate multiple areas of the document (i.e. Document
Title). The font size of the fields being populated by the ref field are
different and so when a user enters a title longer than "Job Aid Title", Word
will make the rest of the fonts the larger size. I have inserted the second
ref field on the document header and this is where the problem is seen. The
beginning of the title is in Arial 12 but the rest will show up with Arial 26.

Please help,

TC

 

[Guest]

I figured it out. I needed to add the /* charformat expression to the ref
field locations where the font was to be a different size.
thanks,

tc

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

You might also want to check out this link...where you'll find several
articles explaining how to use Forms in Word...which will provide you
with many more options than what you are doing now. Start with the
"Please Fill In This Form" series.

Word AutoForm Articles
http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms

Good luck...

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

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[Guest]

Dian,

That was a great resource.

thank you,

tc

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

No problem...thanks for the thanks!

Dian ~

Dian,

That was a great resource.

thank you,

tc

 

[Guest]

Your series of articles are not at all helpful if you don't know how to code.
For example, in your Please Fill Out This Form (part 2, you write as a step:
5 Write your code in the VBE
I have NO CLUE how to writer code, and did not at all understand your
verbiage about what to do.
How about explaining this WITHOUT using references to code for us
non-programmers?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Take a look at the Ask and Fill-In field tutorial at
http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm. You may also want to look at what
Word calls an "online form." Check this in help. 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. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm.

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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