prompt for user input in document

[Blanche]

We use a standard form for setting up new accounts. I'm
attempting to make the form available for input simply on
screen and then being able to save it as any unique name.
I know this is done thru "Ask", "Bookmark", etc. but don't
know how to get started.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[PTT, Inc.]

Best way is to use formfields from the Forms toolbar. Check out the
following:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com

 

[Blanche]

This is an INCREDIBLE site! Got exactly what I needed and
we're off and running! Many, Many thanks for the tip!!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I trust you also found the article at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and the
tutorials by Dian Chapman that it links to. The article Bill referred you to
has nothing on form fields.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

 

[Blanche]

In did in fact find exactly that, and with where Bill
originally sent me and this new info I was able to get my
form built. Now what I'm trying to do is insert a field
and set up a message box to prompt the user for input
inside the form field - is that possible?

Thanks!
Blanche

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unfortunately, many users won't see the Help text in the status bar unless
they're told to look there, but you can include brief help text (such as
Type Name Here) as the default text for a text form field or dropdown,
though usually a form will have some non-form text that identifies what goes
in the form field.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

 

[Graham Mayor]

To this end, I normally use the following code as an autonew macro which
pops up when the user creates a new document from the form template and must
be dismissed by the user before the form can be filled, so it is hard to
miss.

Set Balloon = Assistant.NewBalloon
With Balloon
.Text = "Refer to status line at bottom of screen for field entry
details"
.Button = msoButtonSetOK
.Animation = msoAnimationBeginSpeaking
.Show
End With


--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
E-mail (e-mail address removed)
Web site www.gmayor.dsl.pipex.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>