Auto apply one text entry to multiple parts of a doc

[Mardigan]

I'm trying to create a page of 10 labels that all have the same text
on them. There will be a date on each label and the date will be the
same on every label. What I was wanting to do since the date is the
only thing that will change everytime I'll print the labels, is to be
able to enter the date once when I open the document and have it
applied to all the other labels. (The date isn't the "current date",
so I can't use the current date field.)

I'm pretty sure this has something to do with fields, I just can't
figure out how to make it do what I want. At the very least, I could
just put a blank text field on every label and retype the date 10
times. But I was wanting to simplify it for other users in my office.
Was hoping to avoid the complaints of "I don't want to type that 10
times".

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Michael Gilbert

 

[AUSongbird]

Michael,

Quick way is to make this a merge. Have the date be the only merge
field and you put in the date and merge to the label document.

AUSongbird

 

[Mardigan]

Thanks for the reply, but I figured it out this morning after I got to
the office. I guess I just needed a night to rest and give it a
little thought.

I ended up using the "Insert Field" command and using REF in the
field. It referenced back to a form field that I had on the first
label. So all they have to do is enter that one field and the rest of
the REF fields update automatically. Cool!

-Mike