working w/ multiple templates

[Mike]

I have created several templates in Word 2000. I wonder if there is anyway
to tie corresponding fields together so that information entered into one
template is automatically entered into all corresponding fields in other
template documents?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you bookmark the information in one document/template, you can use
INCLUDETEXT fields to insert it in the others. Alternatively, you can create
AutoText entries and insert AutoText *fields* in all the templates.

 

[mike]

what about a creating a 'master document'? Would that be easier?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That's not what a master document is, but see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm

 

[Charles Kenyon]

I tend to use mailmerge for this. I put the common information in a data
file and merge to create the separate documents.

 

[mike]

I have been playing around with the includetext and can't figure it out, do
you know where i can find any tutorials or something?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You'll find mailmerge a lot less complex. It requires creating a data
source, but from there it is pretty straightforward. Otherwise, using
includetext works but it is cumbersome because bookmarks are very fragile.