Making template instructions disappear when user enters input

Is there a way to make lengthy instructions (sometimes several paragraphs)
automatically disappear from a template when a user enters input?

I tried the MacroButton NoMacro field, but that is limited to instructions
that are no longer than one line. This template details the information that
should appear in each section, but the instructions remain unless the author
remembers to delete them (sigh).

Thanks for your help.

Jay
Wed Jan 12 14:52:51 CST 2005

Joan wrote:
> Is there a way to make lengthy instructions (sometimes several
> paragraphs) automatically disappear from a template when a user
> enters input?
>
> I tried the MacroButton NoMacro field, but that is limited to
> instructions that are no longer than one line. This template details
> the information that should appear in each section, but the
> instructions remain unless the author remembers to delete them (sigh).
>
> Thanks for your help.

Hi Joan,

One possibility would be a group of macros that intercept the various print
and save commands (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/InterceptSavePrint.htm). Each macro
would delete the contents of a bookmark that you place around the
instructions in the template, and then perform the command's action. For
example,

Public Sub FilePrintDefault()
If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("Instruct") Then
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Instruct").Range.Delete
End If

ActiveDocument.PrintOut Background:=False
End Sub

Public Sub FilePrint()
If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("Instruct") Then
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Instruct").Range.Delete
End If

Dialogs(wdDialogFilePrint).Show
End Sub


--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Greg
Wed Jan 12 16:35:56 CST 2005

Joan,

You may be able to adapt some of the ideas presented here.
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Toggle_Data_Display.htm
--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

Joan wrote:
> Is there a way to make lengthy instructions (sometimes several
> paragraphs) automatically disappear from a template when a user
> enters input?
>
> I tried the MacroButton NoMacro field, but that is limited to
> instructions that are no longer than one line. This template details
> the information that should appear in each section, but the
> instructions remain unless the author remembers to delete them (sigh).
>
> Thanks for your help.