microsoft.public.word.vba.general

See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Mapped_Content_Control.htm

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Drew Capuder wrote:
> I am constructing forms in Word 2007 where I want to have the same
> functionality as is present in WordPerfect's variables. In
> WordPerfect, I create a variable in a form (for example, a variable
> for the name of a building, and I insert that variable in 12
> different locations in the document. If I want to change the building
> name, I double click on any of the 12 occurrences of the variable,
> and the change is reflected in all 12 locations.
>
> I assumed Word 2007 has similar functionality, but I can't really
> find it, at least "out of the box". I am using the content controls
> with some coding to automate the updating of all similarly named
> controls, but I am having problems with that method.
>
> Am I missing something? Is there something in word that allows m,
> without writing code, to get more or less the same functionality as
> is present in WordPerfect's variables? I am trying to transition from
> WordPerfect to Word, and am creating Word versions of my WordPerfect
> forms.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Drew Capuder
> d.capuder@att.net