Linking two textboxes

[Agnar Løbakk]

Hi. In the newsletter template two textboxes contains the same text. If i
write something else in one of the textboxes, the other one changes
automatically. How do I set up two new textboxes this function??

 

[JoAnn Paules]

It can be done but it's a bit cumbersome. I posted this the other month. Let
me know if/how it works for you.

"Start with a newletter template. Delete out everything except for the
newsletter title on page 1. Change the format and the text to whatever you
want. You can copy and paste that text box as many times as you need, adding
pages as needed. Whenever you change the text in any one of those boxes, the
rest will change to match. Everything seems to be coded into that one text
box and I'm not the right person to figure out the coding into this.

Add in the rest of your text/graphics but the "newsletter title" text boxes
have to be separate text boxes. You can group them with other objects to
lock in place and it doesn't seem to affect the synchronization.

I haven't played with this a lot so there may be other caveats. Copying a
newsletter title text box into a new blank document and then inserting a
duplicate page seems to maintain the link. At least it does on the test page
I just made. "

 

[Agnar Løbakk]

Hi, and thank you so much for the quick respond
This didn't quite solve my problem. I want, in the same document, several
textboxes linked two and two together. Meaning two textboxes with one text
and two other textboxes with an other text. Any suggestions??

JoAnn Paules skrev:

It can be done but it's a bit cumbersome. I posted this the other month. Let
me know if/how it works for you.

"Start with a newletter template. Delete out everything except for the
newsletter title on page 1. Change the format and the text to whatever you
want. You can copy and paste that text box as many times as you need, adding
pages as needed. Whenever you change the text in any one of those boxes, the
rest will change to match. Everything seems to be coded into that one text
box and I'm not the right person to figure out the coding into this.

Add in the rest of your text/graphics but the "newsletter title" text boxes
have to be separate text boxes. You can group them with other objects to
lock in place and it doesn't seem to affect the synchronization.

I haven't played with this a lot so there may be other caveats. Copying a
newsletter title text box into a new blank document and then inserting a
duplicate page seems to maintain the link. At least it does on the test page
I just made. "


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Hi. In the newsletter template two textboxes contains the same text. If i
write something else in one of the textboxes, the other one changes
automatically. How do I set up two new textboxes this function??

 

[Mary Sauer]

Help here
About connecting text boxes
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HP030717461033.aspx

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

Hi, and thank you so much for the quick respond
This didn't quite solve my problem. I want, in the same document, several
textboxes linked two and two together. Meaning two textboxes with one text
and two other textboxes with an other text. Any suggestions??

JoAnn Paules skrev:

It can be done but it's a bit cumbersome. I posted this the other month. Let
me know if/how it works for you.

"Start with a newletter template. Delete out everything except for the
newsletter title on page 1. Change the format and the text to whatever you
want. You can copy and paste that text box as many times as you need, adding
pages as needed. Whenever you change the text in any one of those boxes, the
rest will change to match. Everything seems to be coded into that one text
box and I'm not the right person to figure out the coding into this.

Add in the rest of your text/graphics but the "newsletter title" text boxes
have to be separate text boxes. You can group them with other objects to
lock in place and it doesn't seem to affect the synchronization.

I haven't played with this a lot so there may be other caveats. Copying a
newsletter title text box into a new blank document and then inserting a
duplicate page seems to maintain the link. At least it does on the test page
I just made. "


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Hi. In the newsletter template two textboxes contains the same text. If i
write something else in one of the textboxes, the other one changes
automatically. How do I set up two new textboxes this function??

 

[Agnar Løbakk]

This does not answere to my problem : (

Mary Sauer skrev:

Help here
About connecting text boxes
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HP030717461033.aspx

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

Hi, and thank you so much for the quick respond
This didn't quite solve my problem. I want, in the same document, several
textboxes linked two and two together. Meaning two textboxes with one text
and two other textboxes with an other text. Any suggestions??

JoAnn Paules skrev:

It can be done but it's a bit cumbersome. I posted this the other month. Let
me know if/how it works for you.

"Start with a newletter template. Delete out everything except for the
newsletter title on page 1. Change the format and the text to whatever you
want. You can copy and paste that text box as many times as you need, adding
pages as needed. Whenever you change the text in any one of those boxes, the
rest will change to match. Everything seems to be coded into that one text
box and I'm not the right person to figure out the coding into this.

Add in the rest of your text/graphics but the "newsletter title" text boxes
have to be separate text boxes. You can group them with other objects to
lock in place and it doesn't seem to affect the synchronization.

I haven't played with this a lot so there may be other caveats. Copying a
newsletter title text box into a new blank document and then inserting a
duplicate page seems to maintain the link. At least it does on the test page
I just made. "


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


Hi. In the newsletter template two textboxes contains the same text. If i
write something else in one of the textboxes, the other one changes
automatically. How do I set up two new textboxes this function??

 

[Mary Sauer]

There is no good way to synchronize text boxes in Publisher, only workarounds as
JoAnn pointed out.
I use the Personal Information (Business Information in 2007) as a workaround if
I need to have many text boxes synchronized. You can update this information on
the fly.

It isn't too time consuming to simply copy/paste text from one box to another.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

This does not answere to my problem : (

Mary Sauer skrev:

Help here
About connecting text boxes
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HP030717461033.aspx

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

Hi, and thank you so much for the quick respond
This didn't quite solve my problem. I want, in the same document, several
textboxes linked two and two together. Meaning two textboxes with one text
and two other textboxes with an other text. Any suggestions??

JoAnn Paules skrev:

It can be done but it's a bit cumbersome. I posted this the other month.
Let
me know if/how it works for you.

"Start with a newletter template. Delete out everything except for the
newsletter title on page 1. Change the format and the text to whatever you
want. You can copy and paste that text box as many times as you need,
adding
pages as needed. Whenever you change the text in any one of those boxes,
the
rest will change to match. Everything seems to be coded into that one text
box and I'm not the right person to figure out the coding into this.

Add in the rest of your text/graphics but the "newsletter title" text
boxes
have to be separate text boxes. You can group them with other objects to
lock in place and it doesn't seem to affect the synchronization.

I haven't played with this a lot so there may be other caveats. Copying a
newsletter title text box into a new blank document and then inserting a
duplicate page seems to maintain the link. At least it does on the test
page
I just made. "


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


Hi. In the newsletter template two textboxes contains the same text. If
i
write something else in one of the textboxes, the other one changes
automatically. How do I set up two new textboxes this function??

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Copy and paste is definitely the easiest way.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

There is no good way to synchronize text boxes in Publisher, only
workarounds as JoAnn pointed out.
I use the Personal Information (Business Information in 2007) as a
workaround if I need to have many text boxes synchronized. You can update
this information on the fly.

It isn't too time consuming to simply copy/paste text from one box to
another.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

This does not answere to my problem : (

Mary Sauer skrev:

Help here
About connecting text boxes
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HP030717461033.aspx

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

Hi, and thank you so much for the quick respond
This didn't quite solve my problem. I want, in the same document,
several
textboxes linked two and two together. Meaning two textboxes with one
text
and two other textboxes with an other text. Any suggestions??

JoAnn Paules skrev:

It can be done but it's a bit cumbersome. I posted this the other
month. Let
me know if/how it works for you.

"Start with a newletter template. Delete out everything except for
the
newsletter title on page 1. Change the format and the text to
whatever you
want. You can copy and paste that text box as many times as you need,
adding
pages as needed. Whenever you change the text in any one of those
boxes, the
rest will change to match. Everything seems to be coded into that one
text
box and I'm not the right person to figure out the coding into this.

Add in the rest of your text/graphics but the "newsletter title" text
boxes
have to be separate text boxes. You can group them with other objects
to
lock in place and it doesn't seem to affect the synchronization.

I haven't played with this a lot so there may be other caveats.
Copying a
newsletter title text box into a new blank document and then
inserting a
duplicate page seems to maintain the link. At least it does on the
test page
I just made. "


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


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Hi. In the newsletter template two textboxes contains the same
text. If i
write something else in one of the textboxes, the other one changes
automatically. How do I set up two new textboxes this function??