Hi Sharon,
I understand completely what it is that you need to do. I believe that the
best way to do it is to create a template that contains a Userform that has
textbox controls for each piece of information that you want for a single
inventor, a listbox into which that information would be transferred by
clicking on an button on the form which would also clear the text boxes so
that you could enter another inventor's details. When the details of all
inventors had been added to the list box, another button on the form would
be clicked and it would run code to transfer the information for as many
inventors as there are in the listbox into tables that it would create in
the new document that was created from the template. You could have it set
up so that by double clicking on an entry in the listbox, the details for
that inventor would be transferred back into the textboxes so that they
could be edited if necessary.
While this will take a bit of setting up, if it is done properly, you would
find it very easy to use. If you want to have a go at it yourself, see the
article “How to create a Userform” at:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm
I can help you if you get stuck.
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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
A portion of the Word form is outlined below. However,
each of the inventor information is in a separate table,
which has borders around the fields etc. For example,
1Inventor is in a table; 2Inventor is in a separate
table, etc. Depending on the application, there could be
up to 10 inventors for each form (or just 1 or 2). Right
now I just have 10 "tables" in case there are that many.
If not, then I go through the form and delete the ones
that I don't need. I am wondering if there is a way to
do something that says, if 2Inventor is blank then don't
put another "table" BUT if it is not blank then
add "table2"; if 3Inventor is blank then don't put
another "table" BUT if 3Inventor is not blank then add
another "table." Am I making any sense?
Thanks so much for your patience.
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Inventor's Full Name: «M_1INVENTOR»
Inventor's Signature:
Country of Citizenship: «M_1Citizenship» DATE:
Residence Address:
(street, number, city,
state, and/or country) «M_1Address»
«M_1City», «M_1State» «M_1Zip»
Post Office Address:
(if different from above) Same as above.
Inventor's Full Name: «M_2INVENTOR»
Inventor's Signature:
Country of Citizenship: «M_2Citizenship» DATE:
Residence Address:
(street, number, city,
state, and/or country) «M_2Address»
«M_2City», «M_2State» «M_2Zip»
Post Office Address:
(if different from above) Same as above.
Inventor's Full Name: «M_3INVENTOR»
Inventor's Signature:
Country of Citizenship: «M_3Citizenship» DATE:
Residence Address:
(street, number, city,
state, and/or country) «M_3Address»
«M_3City», «M_3State» «M_3Zip»
Post Office Address:
(if different from above) Same as above.
Inventor's Full Name: «M_4INVENTOR»
Inventor's Signature:
Country of Citizenship: «M_4Citizenship» DATE:
Residence Address:
(street, number, city,
state, and/or country) «M_4Address»
«M_4City», «M_4State» «M_4Zip»
Post Office Address:
(if different from above) Same as above.
