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Easier than search and replace?
Hello Everyone!
I need to find a way to make it easier to populate a document with similar information. For example. Right now, I work with a 200 page manual and throughout the manual are places that need to be customized with a person's name or title. Right now I am using search and replace and it takes a long time, as there are about 100 customization points. Is there a way to do this with maybe a form that is filled out that is related to the manual and populates as I fill it out? Or Mail Merge? I know NOTHING about any code so, I hope there is a novice solution. Thanks, |
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Easier than search and replace?
See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm for many ways to do this.
-- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Frustrated Word User wrote: Hello Everyone! I need to find a way to make it easier to populate a document with similar information. For example. Right now, I work with a 200 page manual and throughout the manual are places that need to be customized with a person's name or title. Right now I am using search and replace and it takes a long time, as there are about 100 customization points. Is there a way to do this with maybe a form that is filled out that is related to the manual and populates as I fill it out? Or Mail Merge? I know NOTHING about any code so, I hope there is a novice solution. Thanks, |
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Easier than search and replace?
See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm .
Frustrated Word User wrote: Hello Everyone! I need to find a way to make it easier to populate a document with similar information. For example. Right now, I work with a 200 page manual and throughout the manual are places that need to be customized with a person's name or title. Right now I am using search and replace and it takes a long time, as there are about 100 customization points. Is there a way to do this with maybe a form that is filled out that is related to the manual and populates as I fill it out? Or Mail Merge? I know NOTHING about any code so, I hope there is a novice solution. Thanks, |
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Easier than search and replace?
See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm which has several methods of
repeating data throughout documents. Obviously you will have to spend time modifying your document to work with whichever method you choose. From what you decribe, the quickest conversion would be the bookmark method, which you can use Find/Replace to help you work through the document. Hope this helps DeanH "Frustrated Word User" wrote: Hello Everyone! I need to find a way to make it easier to populate a document with similar information. For example. Right now, I work with a 200 page manual and throughout the manual are places that need to be customized with a person's name or title. Right now I am using search and replace and it takes a long time, as there are about 100 customization points. Is there a way to do this with maybe a form that is filled out that is related to the manual and populates as I fill it out? Or Mail Merge? I know NOTHING about any code so, I hope there is a novice solution. Thanks, -- Frustrated Word User |
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