Suzanne
Sat Aug 13 18:57:00 CDT 2005
Text boxes are "drawing objects" (they're in the drawing layer), so Word
can't "see" any text that is in them. Frames, although they are in the text
layer, can have text wrapped around them (but not behind or in front of
them).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Sam Lewis" <sam@delete.dsst.privasend.com> wrote in message
news:euNy6sFoFHA.2904@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Yes thanks that works using field codes, Text form field with{REF
> name_of_field}placed throughout document.It works within frames but not
> textboxes.Basically what is a frame and how does it differ to a text box
> (they look very similar)
>
> Thanks
> Sam
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uNP00G1nFHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > See
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm, but note that you may
> > require a table or frame rather than a text box to do this.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> > so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Sam Lewis" <sam@delete.dsst.privasend.com> wrote in message
> > news:epiCVQxnFHA.2916@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Is there some way to automatically update text written in one textbox
to
> >> another? Within the same document I wish to create a number of
individual
> >> text boxes such that when I type in any one of them the same text will
> > also
> >> be automatically placed in a combined 'master' textbox. I do this now
by
> >> copying and pasting.I found out how to make text "spill over" from one
> >> textbox to another (when the first one is full) but this is not what I
> > want.
> >> Thanks
> >> Sam
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>