how do I duplicate text from one field to another in word?

[OFi Mike]

I work with a form several pages long. some of the same information has to
be entered on various pages on the same form. How do I duplicate text from
one field to another in word?

 

[CyberTaz]

What you want to do can definitely be done. It requires the use of Fields &
(most likely) Bookmarks, but I can't offer any additional detail because you
haven't bothered to indicate what version of Word on what operating system
you happen to be using. Specifics vary on the basis of that information.

Based on the source of your post you may very well be using a Windows
version, in which case the following link will point you in the right
direction - this group focuses on the Mac versions;

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx

If you are actually using a Mac please reply with version details.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 10/17/08 11:24 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "OFi Mike" <OFi

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello Mike,

I can imagine several possibilities as to what you mean, depending on the
form. But taken at its simplest, the easiest way would be to key Command-y
in the second location after having typed in the first, which in Word
repeats the last sequence of typing you have done. You can do it again in a
third and subsequent locations. The advantage of this is that you don't have
to select and copy the first lot of typing.

If "Command-y" doesn't mean anything to you, it's because you don't have a
Mac -- this is a Mac newsgroup, microsoft.public.mac.office.word -- so you
should try "Control-y", which I *think* is the equivalent on the PC.

Landing PC users in a discussion group for users of Mac versions of Word is
a charming foible of MS's "discussions" web interface, which I see you used.
Mac versions differ variously from PC versions. Here's where all the groups
are listed so you can go to the correct forum for any follow-up:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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On 18/10/08 2:24 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "OFi Mike" <OFi