Template with Repeating fields and macro buttons

[Guest]

I want to set up a template to file a Complaint in the court system. In the
heading I want to be able to type in the names of the plaintiff and defendant
and have those names repeat throughout the document where needed. I also want
to be able to use macro buttons to fill in other areas of the template. Most
of the document is boilerplate language but I do need to have the ability to
type in locations and dates, etc. and so I would like to set that up with
macrobuttons.

I know how to set up repeating fields in a protected form but I don't think
you can use macro buttons in a protected form. Is there any way for me to do
what I want? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Why are you insisting on macro buttons? If you have a protected form
anyway, use text form fields.

These articles may be of some help:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm

One other interesting fact: you *can* use macrobutton fields in a
protected form -- see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/HLinksInForms.htm. The trick
is that you can't use them in the "click here and type" mode because
the protection won't let you replace the field with text. But the
field can call a macro that unprotects the document, replaces the
text, and reprotects.