set up reminder flag next to fields on a form?

[Tom]

In Outlook, you can flag emails and set reminders with the flags. For
example, you click the flag, right-click, select set reminder, and you
can be reminded of the email at a future time.

Is it possible to do the same thing on a form field in Word? For
example, next to a form field, I would like there to be a little flag
that the user can click and set a reminder to fill in the field at a
later date. Is there a macro that would do such a thing?

Tom

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Tom,

In Outlook, you can flag emails and set reminders with the flags. For
example, you click the flag, right-click, select set reminder, and you
can be reminded of the email at a future time.

Is it possible to do the same thing on a form field in Word? For
example, next to a form field, I would like there to be a little flag
that the user can click and set a reminder to fill in the field at a
later date. Is there a macro that would do such a thing?

Tricky... You might be able to wangle it with a Macrobutton field (look
that up in Word's help to get an idea). The macro would switch icons and
perhaps keep a list in a Document VARIABLE of items that need reminding.
It's actually getting the reminders that's going to be a problem. The
only thing that Word has to trigger something is the VB OnTime function.

It would be a bit complex, but I guess it could be done if the reminders
wouldn't need to be too accurate.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Tom]

Thanks Cindy.

I'll check out the VB OnTime function you mentioned.