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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...
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?
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?
See the following pages of Greg Maxey's website:
https://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/repeating_data.html
and
https://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/content_controls.html
including pages for which there are links on the above pages.
Post back here if you get stuck.
https://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/repeating_data.html
and
https://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/content_controls.html
including pages for which there are links on the above pages.
Post back here if you get stuck.
Thanks again Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP !
I do appreciate your time on this. I haven't tried the solutions yet but I certainly will and let you know how I get on. Cheers!