Automating Forms/Templates

[Alex K]

Hello,
I create contracts and letters for several individuals for my job. Every
document is currently saved as a document and i have to manually edit the
name and address of each individual every time i use each document. The
problem is that some of my documents like my contracts ask for the same
information over and over again and i have to manually edit this information
each time which becomes time consuming. Is there a way i can use forms,
templates, macros or any feature in Word 2003 that can help me automate some
of my letters and contacts? I find myself wasting time when i feel like
there is a simpler way.

Thanks,
Alex K

 

[Graham Mayor]

Save the different document types as templates and create new docuiments
from them. In those templates insert either Ask fields to gather your data
and REF fields to place the data
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm or more elegantly a Userform to
do both Word MVP FAQ - Userforms http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm
You can save repeated texts as autocorrect or autotext entries for ease of
reinsertion.
If you are sending similar letters/documents to a batch of people consider
mail merge - http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm
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