Setting Up Pre-set Stops within a document

[MaxG]

We have a client that uses Word Perfect 5.11 (DOS
version). They have hundreds of documents that allow them
to stop at various points within the document to allow
them to key in variable information. They are able to
just tab to the next variable entry point which is
usually marked by an asterik (*).

We want to convert all of their documents to Word, but I
do not know how to set up these variable entry stop
points in Word.

They also have the ability to insert another WP document
into their document. For example, when typing a deed,
they want to insert a paragraph that contains the legal
description of the document.

They type this legal description once and save it with a
name like "legal". Then they imbed it into other WP5.11
documents as needed.

Can someone help me with these two things?

 

[Peter Jamieson]

They are able to

just tab to the next variable entry point which is
usually marked by an asterik (*).

I don't think it would be easy or a particularly good idea to try to provide
/exactly/ the same facility in Word because the tab key is used for other
purposes. /A/ way you could provide a similar facility within Word would be
to use a macro to search for a particular character sequence, and associate
it with a keystroke. Or perhaps even simpler, use a macro to set up the
standard Edit|Find function, enabling the user to find the next location
using the standard "find next" key Alt-Ctrl-Y.

They type this legal description once and save it with a
name like "legal". Then they imbed it into other WP5.11
documents as needed.

Have a look at Word's Autotext facility, but be aware that Autotexts are
stored in /templates/, not individual documents, and if a user is going to
store a lot of autotexts over time you and they should be aware that the
standard template normal.dot is suspectible to corruption. In other words,
they need to think about making backup copies of their autotexts.