



User entered data is then populated in one or multiple locations in the document. UserformĪ Userform provides a graphical User Interface (UI) with a document template which you can use to prompt your document user to enter all pertinent data. See section 7, Content Controls, if you want to go directly to information about Content Controls introduced in Word 2007. Regardless, the methods are functionally the same. Some of the graphics and/or user interface controls I mention may be from Word 2003. Sections 1 through 6 address methods that can be used in all versions of Word (at least Word 2000 onwards). Note: A lot of this material was prepared and posted before the release of Word 2007 and the introduction of Content Controls.
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Using the add-in you can easily manage and incorporate document variables in your document design and more fully utilize the power of Word.ĭeveloped in collaborative effort with long time friend and Word MVP Graham Mayor, we decided to incorporate features for working with document variables, content controls, bookmarks and document properties in one convenient location.This Microsoft Word Tips & Microsoft Word Help page offers several solutions to the question, "How do I enter data in one place in a document and have it automatically repeated in other places?" My intention is not to reinvent the wheel, so after a brief discussion I may simply send you on to an existing tips page or other web articles containing full explanations of some of the more comprehensive methods. Until now, for many users, they remained "Hidden Gems in Word."ĭocument variables can be used to store all manner of information for use in a document. While you can insert references to any existing document variable with the Word field "DocVariable" using the user interface Insert>QuickParts>Field (or for Word 2003 use Insert>Field), Word does not provide a convenient method for managing document variables or the data they store. Now it provides a link to a new easy to use Word template add-in that makes creating, editing and using document variables available to every day Word users. This Microsoft Word Tips & Microsoft Word Help page has a new purpose!Īt one time it provided a description of my Document Variables template add-in.
