physician letters

[John]

Is it possible to have a program where has an interface to type in 'patient
name', or 'referring physician', or 'blood pressure value' and then have the
data come out in the intended position in a pre-written letter template?
I'm sure these exist in business but can't tell if it is a macro I'm trying
to learn how to use or something else?

 

[Gordon Bentley-Mix]

John,

This could probably be done using ASK or FILLIN fields, but a macro (VBA)
solution might be a bit cleaner in execution. Of course, some would argue
that, because I write VBA for a living, I see VBA as the solution to pretty
much everything - the old "a man with a hammer sees every problem as a nail"
thing. ;-P

Note that a VBA solution would require a bit of programming skill, although
for something as simple as you've described, it shouldn't be beyond most
people with a bit of gumption. See the following for some tips on getting
started:

Greg Maxey's Word Tips pages - http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
Graham Mayor's Word Tips pages - http://www.gmayor.com/Word_pages.htm
The Macros/VBA section of the MVPs site -
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/index.htm

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A UserForm (which does require some VBA) seems to me the best approach to
this. A novice can get started with UserForms by reference to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm and
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and_employ_a_UserForm.htm.

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

 

[John]

this is great. i'll try those sites but my days of hand typing letter after
letter, or worse, waiting two weeks for a badly typed dictation, may be over.

 

[John]

One last thing, what kind of computer programmer makes these kinds of
documents for hire?

 

[Gordon Bentley-Mix]

John,

*This* kind of programmer (meaning me) does it for hire, although generally
not outside of New Zealand and usually not on a small scale. If this
restriction applies to your particular situation, Greg Maxey has also been
known to do this sort of work; you can contact him through his website.