Setting up a word doc that can have several different formats.

[Cburn]

Ok so I have 7 word docs that all have the same header. What I would like to
do is condence this into one word doc. The problem is I may only need one or
two out of the total seven. I think it would be slick to have like a check
box in with pointers to each section. If that check=yes then include that
section. I hope I'm explaining this well.
Is there someway to do this with word or should I attempt to use VB?

 

[Ed]

One possibility you may want to explore (NOTE: I have never used this
method, nor thought it through beyond what's here, so there are no
guarantees - but at first glance, this is how I would begin my approach):
-- Set up a template with all seven sections included. (A template is just
a document saved as a template - .dot)
-- Set this in your Templates folder so it is available when you choose the
File>>New command.
-- In this template, set a bookmark to each different section.
-- In the code section of the template (Alt+F11), create a UserForm with
seven CheckBox controls - one for each section. Set the code for each
control so that if the box is checked the bookmark stays; otherwise, it is
deleted from the document.
-- Set an "OK" button on the Form that opens the SaveAs dialog.
-- In the code section of the template, set an AutoNew macro that opens the
UserForm when a new document is created.

HTH
Ed

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You may want to look into AutoText and the AutoTextHist field. To use this,
you would save your document as a template and create a new document based
on it when you want to use it.
--
Charles Kenyon

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