Greetings,

I am trying to create a template (.DOTM) using Word 2010. See attached.

This template is designed to be an audit report and I want text that is typed for each respective Issue within the Audit Observation column located within the table that says Detail of Audit Issues (Page 5). Ideally whatever the auditor types in here for each issue should also match word for word the respective issue within the Executive Summary of Audit Issues, which starts on Page 2. It should match word for word and maintain the same formatting. With that said, I think I am acheiving that in this template by using the bookmark and cross-reference functionality.

My question to the group is, right now in the input fields (Bookmarks) I have some default text in there that says "Input text here" to show the user where to begin typing the audit issue. The problem is if a user deletes the text "Input text here" instead of typing over it, for some reason the bookmark appears empty in the cross reference section when I perform an update. I hope this makes sense as it is hard to explain.

In short is there a way to improve this model and achieve what I want to do so that the text is copied automatically and secure enough to prevent users from breaking the cross reference functionality.

Thank you.

Mark

Attached Files

Audit Report Template1.docx (63.4 KB, 8 views)

See Greg Maxey's pages on Repeating Data (Populating Multiple Like Fields) and Mapped Content Controls. You should also look into the possibility of marking your first use of the text with a dedicated character style and using a StyleRef field to repeat that elsewhere. This has the advantage over the Ref field of not having to be manually updated.