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[Jeroen]

Hello

I want to make one main document filled with information fields. Then i
want to use this information in about 10 other documents (automatic).
In want to get the information from the main document automaticly fill
in in the other 10 documents but on diferent positions (so don' thave
to fill the 10 document with th same information by hand.

I know it is possible but i won't get it don. Can somebody explane me
how i can do it? I tried with include text but don't get further.

Thanks.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hello Jeroen -

One point to clarify first is that one document doesn't "send" content to
another automatically. You're going to need to rethink your approach

What can [easily] be done is to have the new doc "fetch" content from
another source and the process can be automated based on a number of
variables. In order to offer some meaningful suggestions, though, it would
help if you'd provide more specific detail about what you want to
accomplish. INCLUDETEXT fields in the target document may not be the best
approach - and may be overkill - based on what you've stated so far.

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

 

[macropod]

Hi Jeroen,

In your 'main' (source) document, bookmark each of the ranges that you want to replicate in the target documents.

Then, in each of the target documents, wherever you want the content to appear, insert an INCLUDTETEXT field pointing back to the
source document's bookmark for that item.

For example, say your source document is named Source.doc and the target document is named Target.doc. (I'm being real creative
here). And suppose the source document is located in 'C:\My Documents'. So, you bookmark a block of text in the source document
with the name 'BkMrk'. To link the target document to that bookmark, you'd use an INCLUDETEXT field coded as:
{INCLUDETEXT "C:\\My Documents\\Source.doc" BkMrk}
where the field braces (ie '{ }') are created as a pair via Ctrl-F9.

To get the fields in the source documents to update automatically whenever they're opened, check the 'Update automatic links at
Open' option under Tools|Options|General.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


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[Jeroen]

Ok. In the main document in want for example:
Company
Street
Telephone
Fax
Contact person
E-Mail
Start dat
End dat
etc.
etc.
The i want in all of the other documents the customer name and adress.
In for example 2 others the contact person, in one other the start and
end date and so on. After each value i want to have a fill in field.

Hello Jeroen -

One point to clarify first is that one document doesn't "send" content to
another automatically. You're going to need to rethink your approach

What can [easily] be done is to have the new doc "fetch" content from
another source and the process can be automated based on a number of
variables. In order to offer some meaningful suggestions, though, it would
help if you'd provide more specific detail about what you want to
accomplish. INCLUDETEXT fields in the target document may not be the best
approach - and may be overkill - based on what you've stated so far.

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

Hello

I want to make one main document filled with information fields. Then i
want to use this information in about 10 other documents (automatic).
In want to get the information from the main document automaticly fill
in in the other 10 documents but on diferent positions (so don' thave
to fill the 10 document with th same information by hand.

I know it is possible but i won't get it don. Can somebody explane me
how i can do it? I tried with include text but don't get further.

Thanks.