Preparation of legal forms as templates

[judykayand]

I have been a Word Perfect user for years but am now converting to Word. In
Word Perfect if I wanted to create a form to be used over and over again I
simply created a "new project" and inserted the variable fields into the form
and then when I opened a project filled in the variable information and I had
a completed form for use with deeds, wills, etc. I have researched
extensively online and within the Word program itself but can't seem to
locate a similar feature in Word other than Mail Merge which could do the job
but really doesn't fit. Can anyone help me?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Most probably a userform is what you will want to use, (however the Content
Controls that are available in later versions of Word might also be
suitable.

See the following pages of Greg Maxey's website:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and_employ_a_UserForm.htm

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Populate_UserForm_ListBox.htm

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm

Greg also has several pages on the use of Content Controls (which I have not
had occasion to use)

You might also be interested in the last of the following series of
articles:

Please Fill Out This Form
Part 1: Create professional looking forms in Word
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22

Part 2: Adding Automation to your Word forms.
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=46

Part 3: Learn more VBA (macros) to automate your forms.
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=119

Part 4: Use custom dialog boxes in your Word forms
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=127

Part 5: Connect your AutoForm to a database to save input time and keep
better records!
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=136


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Hope this helps.

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