Looking for Assistance to Perfect my Inspection Report Functionality - Auto Inserting Text, etc.

[360Inspect]

Hello,



I am looking for assistance on perfecting some reports that I use on a daily basis in Word. I am a Home Inspector and I have templates laid out in Word for my inspection reports in which I enter information about a property and insert comments about deficiencies that I find.

My main question at this point is - Is there a way to use a Combo Box Content Control to insert a specified line of formatted text into a specified section of my report? Also to the extent of having each item in the combo box insert a different line of text in various areas of the report?

I know it may sound complicated, but I'm sure some bright minds can help me figure it out. Please feel free to ask for any other information you might need to help out. Thanks in advance!

[gmayor]

The short answer to your question is yes, but the more elegant solution is to create a userform in the template to drive the document creation. You can have a combo box (or whatever) to insert whatever you want into the document at whatever location according to what is entered/selected. For the basics see http://www.gmayor.com/Userform.htm. The end result can be as simple or as complex as you want to make it.

[360Inspect]

Thanks for the reply,

I've been researching the options of having my CC drop down insert items from my Building Blocks Gallery...Would someone be willing to help with the coding involved in this?

For example I have a drop down that specifies the temperature on the day of the inspection. If the temperature is below 18*C then we cannot test the A/C since it can cause damage to the equipment so I have a disclosure from my building blocks gallery stating this that I manually insert into a specific section of my report.

This type of issue occurs in many places within my report.