word forms

I want to be able to make a form using MS Word and have that form with check
box selections. Based upon the boxes the user checks, I want pre-made word
forms to merge into one document / package that can be printed off after the
user finishes the merged document. Can this type of merge be done? I'm not
very good with macros or VB myself but can populate numerous forms utilizing
one form field. Any simple examples would be highly appreciated.

Twotinners
Sat May 27 23:44:01 CDT 2006

Let me be a little more specific on what I want to do:

- I have approximately 15 different forms and I want the user to be able to
fill in some or all of these forms without having to type repetitive data.
- I have a Data form that requests data (form fields) from the user for all
repetitive data in the forms.
- I want to have a document that contains 15 check boxes that the user can
check off and them have a submit button at the bottom when finishing the
selections.
- This will start the default Data form which contains form fields.
- Based upon the selection of the user's check boxes, I want the different
forms to merge into a multi page document that the user can review before
printing.

** All the forms are locked so the user can't make formatting changes to them.
1. I have all the user forms complete on this project and they work perfectly
2. The form fields in the Data form have working bookmarks and reference
tags to the 15 forms.
3. Everything seems to be coming along but I'm trying to make this whole
thing idiot proof and protected.

Thanks for any help or examples.

Dave

"Twotinners" wrote:

> I want to be able to make a form using MS Word and have that form with check
> box selections. Based upon the boxes the user checks, I want pre-made word
> forms to merge into one document / package that can be printed off after the
> user finishes the merged document. Can this type of merge be done? I'm not
> very good with macros or VB myself but can populate numerous forms utilizing
> one form field. Any simple examples would be highly appreciated.

Doug
Sun May 28 01:45:26 CDT 2006

Fellow MVP Bill Coan has developed DataPrompter which should do what you
want - See

http://www.wordsite.com/products/dpdas.htm


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Twotinners" <Twotinners@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9BED3A43-CD02-4010-9FD3-C2D4F44C5A84@microsoft.com...
> Let me be a little more specific on what I want to do:
>
> - I have approximately 15 different forms and I want the user to be able
> to
> fill in some or all of these forms without having to type repetitive data.
> - I have a Data form that requests data (form fields) from the user for
> all
> repetitive data in the forms.
> - I want to have a document that contains 15 check boxes that the user
> can
> check off and them have a submit button at the bottom when finishing the
> selections.
> - This will start the default Data form which contains form fields.
> - Based upon the selection of the user's check boxes, I want the
> different
> forms to merge into a multi page document that the user can review before
> printing.
>
> ** All the forms are locked so the user can't make formatting changes to
> them.
> 1. I have all the user forms complete on this project and they work
> perfectly
> 2. The form fields in the Data form have working bookmarks and reference
> tags to the 15 forms.
> 3. Everything seems to be coming along but I'm trying to make this whole
> thing idiot proof and protected.
>
> Thanks for any help or examples.
>
> Dave
>
> "Twotinners" wrote:
>
>> I want to be able to make a form using MS Word and have that form with
>> check
>> box selections. Based upon the boxes the user checks, I want pre-made
>> word
>> forms to merge into one document / package that can be printed off after
>> the
>> user finishes the merged document. Can this type of merge be done? I'm
>> not
>> very good with macros or VB myself but can populate numerous forms
>> utilizing
>> one form field. Any simple examples would be highly appreciated.