Hi all

I am building a document template using Office 2007 however the template 
must work in Office 2003.

What I want to do is have the document ask the user for input when the 
document opens, then have the document place that input in to document in 
specific places. The specific information I want the user to input is the 
Client name. I know that I can use an ASK and REF field combination to do 
this. However I also see that Word has a document property called Client.

Is there a way to prompt for the user to input the Client property when the 
document is opened and how can I place the value of that property in my 
document?

Which approach would be more effective - using the Client property or using 
the Ask/Ref field combination?

Thanks

Richard

The most elegant way to do this is to present a userform from an autonew 
macro in the document template to collect the required data, then assign the 
results of the fields on the form to document variables, and finally update 
the docvariable fields that you have placed in the template where you want 
the data to appear.
For the basics, see Word MVP FAQ - Userforms
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm

for a more in depth explanation, see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and_employ_a_UserForm.htm

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Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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"Richard McBride" <RichardMcBride@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
message news:8FEBC75F-16CE-40F7-B5DE-4EF0A910B6A4@microsoft.com...
> Hi all
>
> I am building a document template using Office 2007 however the template
> must work in Office 2003.
>
> What I want to do is have the document ask the user for input when the
> document opens, then have the document place that input in to document in
> specific places. The specific information I want the user to input is the
> Client name. I know that I can use an ASK and REF field combination to do
> this. However I also see that Word has a document property called Client.
>
> Is there a way to prompt for the user to input the Client property when 
> the
> document is opened and how can I place the value of that property in my
> document?
>
> Which approach would be more effective - using the Client property or 
> using
> the Ask/Ref field combination?
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard