If this is a form, using formfields, and you want to replicate the data throughout the document, there is no need for a macro - all you need do is:


• ensure the formfield has an internal bookmark name
• ensure the formfield's 'calculate on exit' property is checked
• insert cross-references to the formfield's internal bookmark name wherever you want the data replicated.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Thanks Paul,

What a pleasant surprise that you responded. Given that the thread was a few years old, and showed 'solved' I wasn't sure if anyone would.

The problem is that it isn't a form, it is a very long document, and many of the text strings throughout the document are not yet form fields. Since there are hundreds of instances of each string, it would take a long time to manually go through and replace them with the cross-references. So I was thinking about whether its possible to automatically create the form fields and populate the data throughout the document.