Properties Dialog Box

[Guest]

Good day,
I am trying to find a way to have the "Manager" field to be filled out by
default just like the "Author" field is filled out by default. Is there
someplace that I can set a default Manager?
Thanks for your support.
Bill Wilson

 

[Guest]

I don't think there is any built-in method to automatically insert a value in
the Manager field. However, you can use a macro named AutoNew to accomplish
this. The following macro will insert "My Title" as the value in the Manager
field:

Sub AutoNew()
ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyManager).Value = "My
Title"
End Sub

If you store the macro in your Normal.dot, it will run whenever you create a
new document. If you store it in another template, it will run whenever you
create a new document based on that template.

For information about how to install a macro, see:
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

For information about running a macro automatically when a document is
created, opened or closed, see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/DocumentEvents.htm

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Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I will give this a try and follow up next week with an answer at to
if this will serve my needs.
Again, Thanks for your assistance.

Bill Wilson

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Wouldn't it work just to add the title to the Manager field in the
Properties of Normal.dot?

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

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[Guest]

That didn't work, I did have to utilize the macro, and then all was well.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You're right: it doesn't work. I wonder why. You'd think anything you put in
Normal.dot would be propagated to documents based on it.

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

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