Word 2007: Trustee selection

[djprius]

Here's a better technique:

In the File > Properties dialog, on the Custom tab, define custom
properties with Text type. The names can be whatever you like, but
I'll suggest Trustee, Verb, Pronoun, and Possessive. Assign them
values like this:

Trustee = trustee
Verb = is
Pronoun = he
Possessive = his

If your base is a document (.doc), save it as a template (.dot). In
the boilerplate, replace each occurrence of "trustee" by a field with
the code

{ DocProperty Trustee }

The field, when updated, will show the value you assigned to the
document property.

Also replace each occurrence of "is" that would be affected by the
number of trustees by a field with the code

{ DocProperty Verb }

Similarly, replace "he" with { DocProperty Pronoun } and replace "his"
with { DocProperty Possessive }.

Whenever you start a new trust document, do it by basing it on the
template; then go to File > Properties for that document and change
the document properties' values if necessary:

Trustee = trustee
Verb = is
Pronoun = she
Possessive = her

or

Trustee = trustees
Verb = are
Pronoun = they
Possessive = their

Finally, select the whole document and press F9 (or go to Print
Preview and back) to update the fields.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[djprius]

Oops. Please ignore. Sorry.