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Subject:Re: {Tools Question} Field pop-up in Word From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net> To:Frank Ellifsen <frank -dot- ellifsen -at- gmail -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 1 Sep 2006 13:03:26 -0400
I think you're looking for the ASK field, and you'll use it in conjunction with
the SET field to enter and assign text to your variables.
HTH
-Sue Gallagher
---- Frank Ellifsen <frank -dot- ellifsen -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
...When I worked for a previous employer, I modified the file so it was a Word
> template. Then I added field codes such that every time you opened the
> document, you were prompted to enter the name of the document being
> reviewed, the review type, etc.
>
> Now I'm at a new employer, and I want to do the same thing -- only I can't
> figure out what I did before to make it work. I can insert fields, but I
> can't get Word to prompt me when the document opens in order to get content
> for each of the fields.
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