Can Word work like Excel with cell reference

[Mike Connor]

Hi, I type 80 to 100 page documents, about one a week.
The documents are about 50% the same each time, but the
other 50% information such as ADDRESS, BUILDING SQUARE
FOOTAGE, AND CLIENT NAME, etc changes throughout the
report. This information and other similar information
is repeated throughout the report many times. The same
changes are repetitive for each report.

Is there anyway to have WORD (XP) operate like EXCEL
where you enter the information ONCE, and it is
automatically placed at specific locations thoughout the
100 page report? I would think that I could do it
through a created CUSTOM Field, that I could change for
each report, but I don't see that feature as available to
me. I "THINK" it can be done by SPECIAL LINKING a Word
and Excel document, but I am not sure how to create a
template that would be re-named and the document continue
to "FIND" the SPECIAL LINKING information as a new
document. Also the resources are taxed, unless you do
manual update, which is not a big deal. I hope that I
have been clear in my explantion and question.

Thanks, Mike

 

[mike connor]

By the way, I currently utilize SEARCH AND REPLACE
manually throughout the report, Thanks, Mike

 

[Greg]

Mike,

You could use ASK fields { ASK "Address" "Fill in customer
address here." } and REF fields throughout the document
where the data is repeated { REF Address }.

You could also enter the repeating information as document
properties and insert it at various locations using
DOCPROPERTY fields.

 

[mike connor]

Thanks Greg, I will try that, if this works you just gave
me a raise!!! Thanks alot, Mike

 

[Mike Connor]

Thanks Macropod I appreciate the detail information and
will begin experimenting with it! Thanks, Mike