Re: What is the advantage of using 'fields' in a template

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From: Graham Mayor (gmayor_at_NOSPAMmvps.org)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 11:43:22 +0100

I agree with Doug, but you can easily use a Macrobutton field as a place
marker - see http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm which is more elegant
than your method, though ultimately not dramatically better. 

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JulieG wrote:
> I have a letter template that has straight text to indicate what
> should be entered onto a line (ie., [Address] where address should be
> typed). Would using 'fields' instead be better and if so why. Several
> people have asked me this and as far as I can see there is no obvious
> advantage because as soon as you have typed in data the field becomes
> normal text. The only advantage I can see is when you click to mouse
> the whole line of text is highlighted instead of having to drag the
> mouse to highlight the whole line for overtyping.
>
> Please help
> Thanks
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