I am creating a template in word where the name of a region and its corresponding state are mentioned several times throughout the document. I have create a placeholder for both these labels that can be updated each time the template is used, however I'm trying to use the placeholders to populate the other parts of the document that refer to the region or state name.



I know the excel equivalent would be =[cell_reference], however I'm not sure how to do this in word.

Is anyone able to advise how this would be done? I was told I can use a bookmark, but I've tried this and it's not working for me.

Thanks in advance!

What you are looking for is the Cross Reference field { REF BookmarkName } which reproduces the content of a bookmark. Note that REF fields don't update automatically so allow for this in the macro that writes to the bookmark.
e.g. Call the example code at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

As for writing to bookmarks, see the FillBM function at http://www.gmayor.com/useful_vba_functions.htm

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Cross reference is one way and will work in any Word version. If you and your users are upgraded to Word 2007 or above then mapped content controls could be an option. http://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/..._controls.html

My Content Control Tools that you can download from that link makes using mapped CCs simple.

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