Multiple Fields with Same String

[Dan Kadziela]

Hi,

I'm putting trying to reduce the amount of sifting through a document
that needs to be done - there are many recurring instances of the same
type of text - e.g. Project Title.

What method would achieve a single user input in putting the same
field in different places throughout the document - currently I'm
using a FILLIN field, but I don't really want the guys to have to type
the same thing 5 times...

Cheers,
Dan

 

[Peter Jamieson]

You can use an ASK field instead of a FILLIN. ASK assigns the result to a
"Bookmark" which you can reference using a REF field. Or you can nest a
FILLIN field inside a SET field to achieve something similar.

However, if the things you want the user to enter are things such as Title,
Subject etc., I'd say there's probably a case for either getting them to
fill in the standard Properties dialog box and/or getting them to supply
values for a number of "custom" properties. Or if you can use VBA, design
your own VBA Userform to capture the data you need. Then use either {
DOCPROPERTY } fields or e.g. { TITLE }, { SUBJECT } etc.