New to Field Codes

[Panzer336]

Hi All,

I have used Word for a while now, but have never used Field Codes or such things as automating parts of a document. in this case I am creating a Report Template and am trying to set up my front sheet that will have the document Title on it and what I an trying to achieve is that when this title is entered then the title will automatically populate a cell in a table that is in the header of each page.



I think it is field codes that I use but this is where I am lost.

Any help will be appreciated

[macropod]

In that case, format the Title paragraph with a Style used nowhere else, then use a STYLEREF field in the page header to reference that Style. See: StyleRef Field.

[Charles Kenyon]

I agree that using a character style and the StyleRef field is the approach I would use. Welcome to the world of fields. Paul has several excellent tutorials on them here:

• Microsoft Word Field Maths Tutorial
• Date Calculation Tutorial
• Word Fields and Relative Paths to External Files
• Catalogue/Directory Mailmerge Tutorial

This page will give you links to more on fields: Using Fields in Microsoft Word



Remember that to view field codes, you can use Alt+F9 to toggle their display. Remember to toggle back to field code results.


Here is a compendium of other ways to replicate information in a document. Repeating Data (Populating Multiple Like Fields)

My current favorite is using a document property content control (not field) so that a change made anywhere in a document is reflected in the other document properties. If you go to that article, search for document property. The article is long and very much worth reading.