Hi Logan, Assuming you're using formfields, you only need one formfield for this. For the replication, insert cross-references pointing to the formfield's internal bookmark (eg 'Text1') and set the formfield's properties to 'calculate on exit'.
By default Word’s Form Control features are hidden. To make them visible you have to enable the Developer tab on the Ribbon. Click on the Word menu and select Preferences. Click the Ribbon button on the bottom row on the right-hand side. In the Customize section, scroll through the list. I need to automatically duplicate text in multiple fields on a word document. When the client fills in certain text fields, it should populate I am trying to create a form where when one blank is filled in, it populates the answer to several other places in the form. For example when you fill out your name.
If you're using a UserForm, have it populate a custom document property and, wherever you want the result shown, insert a DOCPROPERTY field pointing to that custom document property. Augment this with code in your Userform like: ActiveDocument.Fields.Update Cheers Paul Edstein MS MVP - Word. Hi Logan, Assuming you're using formfields, you only need one formfield for this. For the replication, insert cross-references pointing to the formfield's internal bookmark (eg 'Text1') and set the formfield's properties to 'calculate on exit'. If you're using a UserForm, have it populate a custom document property and, wherever you want the result shown, insert a DOCPROPERTY field pointing to that custom document property. Augment this with code in your Userform like: ActiveDocument.Fields.Update Cheers Paul Edstein MS MVP - Word.
File→Option→Costomize Ribbon→Check on the “Developer” (to unhide the developer tab on the toolbar) 2. Developer→RichText Content Control or Plain Content Control (the one with the Aa icon) to create a Content Control box which you can fill any text like a form.
Right Click on the Content Control to Copy it. Paste it where ever you need it, but don’t use the right click or ctrl+v to paste it. Home→Paste→Paste Special→Paste link. Any text you enter in the master Content Control will paste to the rest. I used this process initially with success. However now that I am making the actual template with several Rich Text Content Controls and 2 targets each, the targets are not auto-updating. For each of the RTCCs I did not provide a Title or Tag but I did check the Content control cannot be deleted option.
I have to manually select the complete target, r-click and choose Update Link. Also, when I initially used Paste Special to Paste Link I chose Unformatted text but the target does not maintain the text formatting applied previous to the paste special. I am putting the RTCCs in text boxes so I can place them anywhere on the page and the targets are also in text boxes for the same reason.
What am I missing? I hope you are still attached to this thread. I am trying this method, but it is not working for me either. I'm sure it's something I'm doing, but I can't figure out what. I followed all steps as written, however, when the initial control is filled in, it is not populating to the linked boxes until I manually right click update link. I'm using word 2010. I've tried paste link HTML, Formatted, and unformatted text.
File→Option→Costomize Ribbon→Check on the “Developer” (to unhide the developer tab on the toolbar) 2. Developer→RichText Content Control or Plain Content Control (the one with the Aa icon) to create a Content Control box which you can fill any text like a form. Right Click on the Content Control to Copy it. Paste it where ever you need it, but don’t use the right click or ctrl+v to paste it. Home→Paste→Paste Special→Paste link. Any text you enter in the master Content Control will paste to the rest. I am trying this method, but it is not working for me either.
I'm sure it's something I'm doing, but I can't figure out what. I followed all steps as written, however, when the initial control is filled in, it is not populating to the linked boxes until I manually right click update link. I'm using word 2010. I've tried paste link HTML, Formatted, and unformatted text.
Any text you enter in the master Content Control will paste to the rest. Sarah, This is an old thread. Look at Paul's suggestion (the one marked as an Answer). If you need more on this, see.
I can't really read your post completely, but neither my nor Paul's suggestions involve using Paste Special. Once you understand it, it is pretty straightforward. If you are pasting mapped content controls, you do not need to be pasting as a link.
With mapped controls, anything you paste into one is duplicated in its copy or the original (once you tab out of the control). Charles Kenyon Madison, WI. I'm trying to perform the same process as Logan. I want to add a date field to a Word 2016 document in three different locations and then type the date into just one of the fields and have it auto populate the other two date fields. I've read several different posts with the solution but cannot get them to work properly. I'm sure it is operator error on my part.
Can you post a link to a document or template that uses this feature so that I can deconstruct it and figure out where I went wrong?
The fields available for use in forms are accessible through the of the ribbon. If you don't see the Developer tab (it isn't visible on your system), you need to instruct Word to display it. If you display the Developer tab and take a look at the Controls group, you'll notice that there are a bunch of controls available. None of these controls are form fields. Instead, you need to click the Legacy Tools icon, which displays a whole group of controls that originate with older versions of Word. The Legacy Forms group (visible after you click the Legacy Tools icon) includes three types of form fields you can insert in a document: text, check box, and pull-down. Each of these form fields allows the user of the form to select or enter information of the type that you deem appropriate.
As an example, let's say you are creating an order form and you need a field where a user can enter the name of the person making the order. Further, you want to allow only up to 25 characters to be entered in the field. To accomplish this, follow these steps:.
Position the insertion point where you want the field to appear. Display the Developer tab of the ribbon.
In the Controls group click Legacy Tools and then click the Text Form Field tool. A field indicator appears in the document. Right-click the form field just entered and choose Properties from the resulting Context menu.
The Text Form Field Options dialog box appears. (See Figure 1.) Figure 1. The Text Form Field Options dialog box. Make sure the Type pull-down list is set to Regular Text. (This is the type of information you want to allow in the field.). Change the Maximum Length option to 25. Click on OK.
You can repeat these steps for all the fields in your form. The only difference would be the type of field entered (which should be appropriate to the type of information you want entered) and the options you set for each field.
The trickiest option you can set is the Maximum Length option, which only appears when you are working with text fields. By default, this option is set to Unlimited, which means the user can enter any amount of information desired. If the information being entered exceeds the right margin of your document, the field height increases and the text entry continues on the next line. If you don't want this effect in your form, then the only way around it is to set some maximum length for the field. For instance, if you don't want your field to wrap to the next line, then you need to set a maximum length guaranteed to fit on a single line. Calculating such a length can be difficult, particularly if you are using a proportional font. For this reason, some people like to set the font of their fields to a monospace font, such as Courier; it makes calculating field lengths easier.
One way around the potential 'overrun' problem is to create a table to contain your form fields. The advantage to this is that you can define the width and height of every cell in your table, which limits the vertical movement of text fields if they should be too long. The disadvantage is that some information is not readily displayed in tabular format, and if the entered text is too long, it is not all displayed on the screen or printout. (If the text overruns the size of a static table cell, the additional information is suppressed. As you set the options for your various fields, notice that you can also define macros that can be executed when the field is entered (first selected) and when it is exited. These allow you to process the information provided in the field. When a form is being used, the information entered into a field is assigned to a bookmark name.
This name is specified in the Options dialog box for each field. Through the use of other bookmark-related fields, you can thus reference field contents elsewhere in your document. I am trying to develop a form where I have fixed-length fields(name, occupation) that I have set character counts and all is well. I have 3 fields that I want to have input wrap/roll from first line to second line to third line and possibly beyond. When using Text Form Field Options, I can set the length which is what I want and that is good. The users are used to seeing a set number of lines that they can type into through the end of the field. In my form, the starting point is shaded and I can not figure out how to put the lines in.
I can set up fine with the Text Box(ActiveX Controls) but then the input does not wrap into a second or third line. Advice, please - thank you! Hello Allen, Thanks for all the Microsoft tips, your content is a big help! I am using a piece of software that allows me to upload.pdf and.docx files, the software shows all fillable form fields in the uploaded document in a drop down menu for each document. I have noticed issues with the fillable form fields in tables, the software does not show any of the form fields within the table but shows all others within that document.
Any reason why this is happening? I understand this may be an issue with the software I am using but wondering if it has anything to do with a setting within MSFT Word. Any input would be appreciated. Hi Allen, Is there a way to have the contents of a dropdown list display on another document? For instance, I have three employees: Joe, Susie, and Mark. When working in a word Client Project file, I want to be able to assign a specific task to one of those three employees. When I select 'Susie,' for instance, I want the name 'Susie' to appear on a master list that also indicates which Client Project File that I assigned a task for Susie to work on.
An alternative solution would be that every time I select 'Susie,' she would receive an automatic email indicating that I assigned her a task on that particular file. Thank you, Jeremy.
Using Word 2010, I have been trying to identify a paragraph of Default Text using the Legacy Tools Text Form Field Options. In past versions of Word, I have done this using the Maximum Length 'Unlimited'. This would put the text in the template with a grey box that a user could then F11 through the document and delete the entire paragraph with one click of the delete key. This is not the case after upgrading to Word 2010.
It will only allow the first 30 words or so, when unlimited should allow my 500 words right? If there is an answer to this, you would be the first to help. Even my help desk personnel and forms expert don't know.