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Automatically update text depending on contents of a content control in Word
Hi, is it possible to automatically update part of a Word document using content controls and perhaps field codes or something similar? I'll outline an example here: I have a content control that ...
How does one show the results of this in the Word document? I can't tell from here how to show the output. Thanks.
The results of a choice in a ComboBox or Drop-Down Content Control in Word are shown in the control in the document.
To have the results show up elsewhere you need a mapped control or another method.
- I'm sorry. I wasn't clear. The OP said, "I want a piece of text elsewhere in the document to automatically update with some corresponding text." If I use the VBE that you wrote out, above. How can I get the Value ("One", "Two", etc.) to appear elsewhere in the document?
- It was not my code, but Doug's.
Read the linked pages in my last response, please. They show how to get a value in one place reflected elsewhere.
If you do not need a dropdown with choices but simply what is typed, you can use the mapped content controls already built into Word: The "Document Property" Quick Part Content Controls.
https://addbalance.com/word/MappedControls.htm#PageStart- Thank you for your help. I will try these.