Macro. Help from a very new user

Hello.

I am very new to MS word and I am trying to create a document which prompts
users to enter information.

For example, I have a template letter already saved but I would like who
ever is using the letter to be prompted to enter their details such as their
Name, Address, Phone number etc.

I have tried to create a macro already and it was a nightmare! I got a popup
window to come up prompting the user to enter their name, however the
information did not end up in the field I wanted and the next field created a
brand new page!

I am using the field code ASK.

ANY help will be very very very VERY much appreciated!

Beth
Thu Nov 04 11:52:35 CST 2004

You could use a Fill-in fields instead and they will require no macros
provided you use a template instead of a document. When you create a
new document based on the template the prompts will automatically
display.

Otherwise if you want to go the macro route and have a single input
screen, called a UserForm, then take a look at this article:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm

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"Mike CJ" <Mike CJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B5E2EA69-EFC6-46AC-B648-D1B7261F5DD0@microsoft.com...
> Hello.
>
> I am very new to MS word and I am trying to create a document which
> prompts
> users to enter information.
>
> For example, I have a template letter already saved but I would like
> who
> ever is using the letter to be prompted to enter their details such
> as their
> Name, Address, Phone number etc.
>
> I have tried to create a macro already and it was a nightmare! I got
> a popup
> window to come up prompting the user to enter their name, however
> the
> information did not end up in the field I wanted and the next field
> created a
> brand new page!
>
> I am using the field code ASK.
>
> ANY help will be very very very VERY much appreciated!

Charles
Thu Nov 04 18:56:18 CST 2004

Consider simply having a different template for each user that already has
this information in it. I know the procedure you are contemplating would get
very old for me very quickly.

For more on the different kinds of templates and locations of templates
folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Mike CJ" <Mike CJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B5E2EA69-EFC6-46AC-B648-D1B7261F5DD0@microsoft.com...
> Hello.
>
> I am very new to MS word and I am trying to create a document which
prompts
> users to enter information.
>
> For example, I have a template letter already saved but I would like who
> ever is using the letter to be prompted to enter their details such as
their
> Name, Address, Phone number etc.
>
> I have tried to create a macro already and it was a nightmare! I got a
popup
> window to come up prompting the user to enter their name, however the
> information did not end up in the field I wanted and the next field
created a
> brand new page!
>
> I am using the field code ASK.
>
> ANY help will be very very very VERY much appreciated!