I have been using a template which was created using 2003 software with fillin fields which worked fine until the I upgraded to Windows 10 and 2013. Previously I would File > New > complete the message boxes when they prompted > add some additional information to the template > save > print



the fillin fields still appear correctly and populate the word document, but when I press print, the fillin field prompts reappear then I get back to the print screen, press print and again the prompt fields reoccur and keep going around in a loop.

I have recreated the complete document from scratch, but still the problem exists

• Are fillin fields still ok to use in 2013 and then 2016?
• Should I be using a different method?
• or how can I overcome this?

I have found fillin fields a very useful method of prompting for key information and would like to continue using these simple but useful templates if at all possible.
Many thanks

I change the option to update fields when printing. There may be another way, but I do not know it. Fill-in fields work well in Word 2016 but see below.

I've stopped using fill-in fields for the most part. I find them annoying. I do use them with mail merge but that is about it. Much better, in my opinion, are content controls or MacroButton Field Prompts. See MacroButton Prompt Add-In. Content Controls will not work if the document is to be used in non-ribbon versions of Word. Macrobutton prompts work at least as far back as Word 97 and function well in Word 2016.

You may want to update your profile to reflect your current usage.

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thank you for your reply. I was still not able to print within the fillin fields prompting firstly when I clicked File > Print and then again when I actually pressed the Print Button.

I did however continue to experiment and did find out what was causing the problem. I had set the fillin fields up in a table in the header of the document. When I copied the table from the the header and pasted it into the main body of the document, the problem was solved.

For some reason you cannot put fillin fields into the header of a document which you could in 2003.

Header and footer fields update when printing even when those in the body do not.