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Automating Templates in MS Word 2010
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Making Forms with Microsoft Word
Using Fields in Microsoft Word
Fields are under Insert > Quick Parts > Fields
If your fields typed instead of inserted, you must use Ctrl-F9 to insert the field braces { }. They cannot be typed from the keyboard.
The dropdown is on the legacy form fields part of the Developer Tab. Do not use the ActiveX control.
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Here are some more articles on the subject:
Apr 9, 2010 John Chapman
When creating Microsoft Word-based forms there may be a need to have a form field repeated throughout the whole document. For instance, with a company name, you may want this information repeated automatically throughout the document rather than manually entering the company name into every place it is needed. This helps greatly to ensure fewer errors and improves efficiency when users fill out the form.
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tip_pages/repeating_data.html
This Microsoft Word Tips & Microsoft Word Help page offers several solutions to the question, "How do I enter data in one place in a document and have it automatically repeated in other places?" My intention is not to reinvent the wheel, so after a brief introduction I will simply send you on to existing web articles containing full explanations of some of the more comprehensive methods. See paragraph 7 if you want to go directly to information about the exciting new Content Controls in Word2007.
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tip_pages/formfield_userform_listbox.html
This Microsoft Word Tips & Microsoft Word Help page will show you how to use a Userform to overcome the 25 item limit in legacy online (protected) form field dropdown list fields. The limitation in Word forms caused by this constraint is fully illustrated in my Linked Dropdown Fields. The method shown here is an adaptation of the basic method shown in Microsoft KB Article 19856.
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tip_pages/interactive_userforms.html
This Microsoft Word Tips & Microsoft Word Help page supplements Create and Employ a Userform. Here I will show you several methods for displaying userform data in your document and for making information in your document interactive with the controls (i.e., text fields, list boxes, etc.) on the userform.
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22
Have you ever been asked to fill out a form in a word processor, only to discover that when you attempted to enter information, the lines on the form moved all over the page? Not to mention that the form was difficult and time-consuming to fill out? Most people don't realize that you can easily create professional-looking forms in Word.
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My personal preference would be to create a simple userform with a combobox containing all the states you require, and whatever other input devices you require to collect all the variable information and then write the values (or derived values) to the document along with any associated text, using bookmarks or docvariables to place the text.
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