Form fields - adding and using entered data later in template

[Congenital Kano]

Did a quick search and could not find answers, so my apologies if redundant n00b questions.

Trying to create a form letter for my wife to use. Inserting a drop-down box field (populated with salutations - Mr., Mrs., Ms.) I see the properties but the field appears as a grey box on the page with no drop-down arrow or slider. If I start a new doc using this template the drop-down also does not appear, just a box populated with first item on list. Tried variations of shift, alt and ctrl clicking to get dialog to appear - no luck.

What am I missing here?

Related, I want to take a value entered into another text field (i.e., lastname or an amount) and use it later in a place in the letter. How do I reference the contents of a field typed in previously during the session in an earlier field?

TIA.

 

[Stefan Blom]

For form fields to work, you have to protect the document. The exact steps
depend on which version of Word you are using.

To repeat data from a form field, you can use a cross-reference field; see
item 2 of the article at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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Did a quick search and could not find answers, so my apologies if redundant
n00b questions.

Trying to create a form letter for my wife to use. Inserting a drop-down
box field (populated with salutations - Mr., Mrs., Ms.) I see the properties
but the field appears as a grey box on the page with no drop-down arrow or
slider. If I start a new doc using this template the drop-down also does
not appear, just a box populated with first item on list. Tried variations
of shift, alt and ctrl clicking to get dialog to appear - no luck.

What am I missing here?

Related, I want to take a value entered into another text field (i.e.,
lastname or an amount) and use it later in a place in the letter. How do I
reference the contents of a field typed in previously during the session in
an earlier field?

TIA.