Guide me in the right direction.

[Purtech]

A doctor friend of asked me today if it was possible to automate his Word
2003, so that patients name/address etc., can be inserted in heading (some
sort of mail merge, of course.) but also, allow him options via drop down
boxes to fill in the blanks, like procedures, perscriptions, etc. Things
entered in a list(s).

Select Patient Name, then use drop downs to fill in parts of body of the
doc., then print.

What is the best to approach this?

Thanke,

Mike

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

A userform.

See the following pages of fellow MVP Greg Maxey's website:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and_employ_a_UserForm.htm

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Populate_UserForm_ListBox.htm


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[Graham Mayor]

From where is the doctor going to obtain the patients data?
For manual entry, the obvious solution is a protected form - see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and
especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.
Dropdown boxes used in such forms are limited to 25 entries which would seem
to be very restrictive for medical terms, so another approach may be needed.
There are several items on Greg Maxey's web site that you may consider - see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/FormField_UserForm_ListBox.htm and
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and_employ_a_UserForm.htm as a start point.
You may also find http://www.gmayor.com/SelectFile.htm helpful.

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[Purtech]

Thanks so much Doug!!

A userform.

See the following pages of fellow MVP Greg Maxey's website:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and_employ_a_UserForm.htm

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Populate_UserForm_ListBox.htm


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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP