Re: Merge form document?

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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.
Alternatively, you may be happier with a UserForm; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm

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Words into Type
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"Nikkit72" <Nikkit72@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have been asked to try and do a document in Word that will prompt users
> where and when to fill in information.
>
> In Wordperfect the document use to be saved in a directory and anyone
could
> open that file. Once opened you merged the file and this then allowed the
> "keyboard prompt boxes" to appear. The boxes would prompt for things such
as
> the date and the seller. You click continue after completing each "field"
and
> then so on through the document. At the end you could save the file as a
> normal wpd file and the original file was a frm file.
>
> Any ideas on the best way to get to Word to do somehting similar? We did
> try templates but we would need then to set a macro up on each machine to
run
> this particular file and that is not really an option, mail merge seems to
be
> a bit long winded to achieve this - any ideas?
>
> Thanks.

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