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JonBastians
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Feb 26, 2022

inserting a selected paragraph from a database of many paragraphs in word

Hi All,  I'm a noob developer, though I did manage to add drop downs and date selectors to a Word doc.  I would like hints on methods for adding whole paragraph to a table cell depending on an inpu...
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JonBastians
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Thanks so much Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP !!

 

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I was able to follow it and the solution worked for me. I know you mentioned that the format should be .dotx which is what I followed when loading the building blocks. When I "save as" the default is .docx and the resulting file seems to also work.  I want to make using the document as easy as possible for my colleagues so in your opinion, do I need to specify .dotx for all the subsequent files or will .docx be ok?

 

Thanks again for the help 🙂

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Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP
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Feb 27, 2022
While a docx document will work, when an employee opens that document and edits it, and saves it, they will overwrite the original file.
On the other hand if the form is set up as a template (.dotx) the default action for using such a file is for a new document to be created from it and saving that document will NOT overwrite the template.
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    JonBastians
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    Feb 28, 2022
    Ah Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP that makes total sense 🙂

    Would you like to have a crack at my next query?

    I have searched the forum for this solution and no luck yet. Should i post it as a separate query?

    Anyway, here goes: I have found the way to "find and replace" a word in a .docx which would be a useful manual process for adding a person's name in the text. However, I would like to investigate if I can have a cell for the user to enter a name and have that name automatically replace many words in the body of the document?

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