How do you create a form with a header which has a form field in i

[epetersen]

I've tried to create a form with a header including a form field and it won't
allow me to do it. Even if I take the form field off the header, once the
form is ready to populate, the header can't be accessed. What I'm trying to
do is have a client's demographic info appear in the header of a clinical
note so that it would appear on all pages of the document. Is there another
way of doing this? If not, can we populate a field in one spot on the
document and have it automatically copy to another area of the document?
Thanks in advance for your help.
EP

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You will have to locate the formfield in the body of the document and you
can then use a cross reference to the text of the bookmark assigned to the
formfield so that the data entered into it appears in the header. You may
need to run a macro containing the code

With ActiveDocument
.PrintPreview
.ClosePrintPreview
End With

on exit from the formfield so that the cross reference in the header is
updated to show the text.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can use a StyleRef field in the header to pick up data entered in the
form. Note that a REF field (cross-reference) will not update automatically
in a protected form--requires a macro to update it. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm for details on how to use
the StyleRef field.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org