VBA to copy bookmark to a new location

[kent]

Hi,



I am trying to reference a bookmark in another location, but want this to occur immediately after the text is input. I know 2007 can do this very easily, but I am forced to use 2003 due to large user based having mixed versions, and some other VBA code that I do not want in a macro enabled file. (needs to be a doc file)

I have run the google gambit and have tried forms, fields, etc. some of these are suppose to work, but I can not get this to reference immediately.

Can anyone think of a simple VBA solution for this, that when text is input into a table cell (bookmarked), it will immediately copy this to another bookmark location?

[macropod]

Hi Kent,

If you want the data replicated, why aren't you simply cross-referencing the first location's bookmark?

[kent]

I want it to copy immediately, rather than having to perform an action (e.g. Print preview)

My understanding is that cross referencing does not fire immediately.

[macropod]

A Print Preview is unnecessary. Since you're using vba, all you need to update all cross-references in a document is a single .Fields.Update command.

Furthermore, if you were to be inputting data manually into a formfield whose 'calculate on exit' property is checked, any cross-references to the formfield's internal bookmark would update immediately the formfield is exited without the need for any code at all.

For more information on data replication in Word, see: http://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/repeating_data.html

[kent]

Form and Ref works well, but I can not have the document protected and locked.
The document is a 15 page template, that requires sections to be filled in/pasted etc.

This referencing is just to save people some time so they don't have to fill-in the same data multiple times.

[macropod]

In that case, simply use cross-referencing and the .Fields.Update command.