How can I create a merge field?

[haemphyst]

I thnk this would be the appropriate place to post this... If not, I
apologize.

I have an application - an EMR software - that uses merge fields in a
template, to extract information from the patient record, then insert this
information into a Word document for printing. I am wanting to create a new
merge field to add to the template. I know how to create the data type in
the application, but I do not know how to then tell Word what this data type
means to it or where to locate the information FOR the datatype/merge field.
Does this make sense to anybody? How do I create a merge field, or modify
the merge field database to do this?

The application does not seem to care which version of Word it is dealing
with, all of the workstations in the office work perfectly well. I will be
doing the modifications from my workstation - Office 2003 SBE...

 

[Doug Robbins]

Maybe I am oversimplifying the issue, but select Field from the Insert menu
and then locate the Mergefield type of field and then enter into the Field
name control on the dialog the name of the field in the data source.

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Hope this helps.

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