Content Controls are absolutely the simplest method.
Is the form being filled out in the desktop Word program?


I expect that someone else will be along to give you the code you need. Please be patient. I do not have code already written and am not the best person to be writing it for you.


"Field," in Word jargon is a term of art. Fields are an old technology.

• Content Controls are not fields.
• Labels are not fields.
• Dealing with Fields in Microsoft Word
• List of field codes in Word