want to automate entry into a word document

[Dave Hilton]

I would like to enter details into a standard document. E.g Name, address,
Todays date (not updating), the document then contains another date (date of
a visit) that requires entry. There is then a heading and there are then 2
paragraphs that would need to be entered, in different parts of the document.
I then need to enter the document reference into the "our ref" location.

I am not too sure if this can be done in Word using a template, or by way of
a simple VBA script.

I hope I have explained this sufficiently. Any help/advise will be
greatfully appreciated. Thanks

Dave

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Some of these entries can be provided by fields, such as CreateDate. For the
rest, form fields may be the answer, or a UserForm may be preferable
depending on the type of document it is. For a start, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.