Linking text fields within a template

[brodbert]

I am creating a template and I have several places throughout the document
body and also the footer that take the same number. I named the field
"Document Number".
Is there any way to link all of the "Document Number" fields together so
when one of them is edited all of them change automatically?

 

[Stefan Blom]

If you are using Word 2007 and the new file formats of that version, you can
use mapped content controls to accomplish exactly what you want. See
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Mapped_Content_Control.htm.

In older versions, you would make use of a text form field and repeat its
contents using REF (cross-reference) fields. See "2. On Line Form" in the
article at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm.