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MexicanOnABike 06-11-2008 08:56 PM

question for WORD expert
 
hey!

I need help with templates or something similar.

I want to create a word document with a few fields: Title, page number, a few text fields and project name. Now I need these fields to repeat themselves on every page so from page 1 on. the problem here is that usually, I would put most of this info in headers/footers but I need to have some repeating fields beside each others. so like this:

Quote:

Hello: ___________ What's up?
< where the ___ would be the area where i could add more text that wouldn't repeat but the rest wouldn't.

does anyone know how to add repeating fields and how to make these fields permanent while keeping some areas open to add more text?

any help would be EXTREMELY appreciated!

lotsofmagnets 06-12-2008 07:02 AM

it seems if you open word and run a search for ´template´ it comes up with something like what youasked for and several options. is there something else you were after?

Jinn 06-12-2008 09:00 AM

What you're talking about is called a Mail Merge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_merge


Quote:

The procedure of mail merging is typically carried out using a word processing program. The template is a word processing document which contains fixed text, which will be the same in each output document, and variables, which act as placeholders that are replaced by text from the data source. The data source is typically a spreadsheet or a database which has a field or column matching each variable in the template. When the mail merge is run, the word processing system creates an output document for each row in the database, using the fixed text exactly as it appears in the template, but substituting the data variables in the template with the values from the matching columns.
Here's instructions on how to do it with Word an Excel:
http://mistupid.com/technical/mailmerge/

MexicanOnABike 06-12-2008 06:19 PM

you both answer my question partially: What i was trying to do is to have an extremely permanent field and have another open to be edited on every page.
so here is an example:
on page 1, i would have this:
Quote:

1 TFP project

adress [ thread#45 ]
adress forum 01
page 2:
Quote:

2 TFP project

adress [ post 5 ]
adress forum 01
so page # I know how to do(header). but the rest, without being in a header or footer is not something I know how to do. so a title, adress and additional title would never change but the [] would.
now as you see, all the regular stuff is fixed and never changes except for the stuff in [ ]. that is what i want to do so that if I pass this document to someone, they can't fuck around with the colours, fonts or text in the document except for the open ones. is that simple enough or too complex for word?!


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