I am new to this forum so first off, if I am in the wrong topic, please redirect me.



Secondly, I am familiar with basic to intermediate Word but am by no means an expert. Most of what I've learned is by trial and error.

Heres what I am trying to do with Word 2013

My company creates Narrative Reports based on audits of various/multiple systems within a business.

Each report has a mixture of required company ("canned") verbiage and the report author's verbiage based on his/her's findings/suggestions.

I have previously created a docx template with:
-Rich Text Content Controls
-Combo Box Content Controls
-Drop-Down List Content Controls
-Date Picker Content Controls
and that has worked to-date.

However in an effort to streamline the report and eliminate duplicate manual entry for the User Inputed data, I am trying to get a master/slave relationship between the content control fields.

The Rich Text Content Controls are easy enough with simple Copy & Paste Special (from what I've read on forums and help articles).

However, the Combo Box and Drop-Down List Content Controls do not work with that same solution (or I am overlooking a critical step).

What I'm looking to have happen is:

When the user inputs/selects System#1's type from a drop down list @ the first entry point, -> that selection (System#1's type) is populated in all the other areas of the document where the System#1 type needs to be.

I hope I explained myself in an understandable way. If not please ask for clarification. Of course, we are a small company and I am looking to save $ by DIY.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

See:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-a-fillable-form-39A58412-107E-426B-A10B-AC44937E3A9F

http://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/repeating_data.html

See also:

Dependent Dropdown Content Controls
https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-vba/24661-help-cascading-dropdown-list.html#post77762

Hierarchical Dropdown Content Controls
https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-vba/29617-creating-reducing-drop-down-list.html#post94603

Dependent Text Content Controls
https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-vba/16498-multiple-entries-dropdown-lists.html#post46903

Content Control conditional formatting
https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-vba/16505-change-color-according-dropdown-selection.html#post47254

Dropdown Content Control Population from Excel
https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-vba/16330-how-import-list-excel-into-drop-down.html#post46287

Creating Performance Assessments with Content Controls
https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-tables/12335-assigning-values-content-control-checkboxes-calculating-results.html#post33489

Adding Table Rows with Content Controls
https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-vba/27809-code-add-new-row-table.html#post87989
https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-vba/13955-macro-add-row-table-word-form.html#post38461

Replicating data in a form:
http://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/repeating_data.html

Populating document bookmarks from a userform
https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-vba/24282-form-updating-bookmarks-writes-bookmarks-multiple-times.html#post76386

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Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]