Set up a blank template letter with fill in blanks

[Eeyoremom]

We type up letters of appreciation and just change a few general items, i.e.
who the letter is addressed to, the location where the help occurred,
people's names, type of help. Is there a way to format a letter to show the
blanks for filling in these items. By the way, it is usually 1 letter at a
time, but different people will use the same template letter off of a share
drive

 

[Charles Kenyon]

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.

Hope this helps,

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Although you could use form fields for this as Charles suggests, another
technique commonly used in the templates that ship with Word (and very easy
to create) is MacroButton fields. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm