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Old 10-09-2014, 07:01 AM
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I have a content control field on a Word form that my users are filling out the U.S. county. I need the field to autopopulate the word "county" after they fill it out.

Example: User type in "Orange" in the field and once they tab out, the field will now say "Orange County"

Is this possible?

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Why don't you just add the word "County" after the content control?

To answer your question. Yes. Assuming the CC titled "County" add the following to the ThisDocument module of your template project:

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Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal CC As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean)
  Select Case CC.Title
    Case "County"
      If Not CC.ShowingPlaceholderText Then CC.Range.Text = CC.Range.Text & " County"
  End Select
End Sub
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And what if they type 'Orange County'?...
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And what if they type 'Orange County'?...
Thats the problem I have. I figured it would be easier if it would autopopulate.
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Then add " County" as fixed text after the CC and use:

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Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal CC As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean)
  Select Case CC.Title
    Case "County"
      If InStr(CC.Range.Text, " County") > 0 Then CC.Range.Text = Replace(CC.Range.Text, " County", "")
  End Select
End Sub
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