WD: WinWord: ASK Fields with Default Answers Prompt FirstLast reviewed: February 5, 1998Article ID: Q82091 |
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SUMMARYIn Microsoft Word, if you supply a field as a default answer for an ASK field (by using the \d switch within the ASK field) that field is updated by an AutoNew macro before any other ASK fields in your document are updated. This behavior can cause problems if the ASK field containing the default answer is not physically the first field in the template. If it is not the first field, the field prompts you for information twice. It is updated first and then again in order of its physical location in the template. If the prompts are answered differently, Word uses the second reply in the document. NOTE: The use of fields as default answers to ASK fields in Word for Windows version 1.x does not cause this reaction when the AutoNew macro runs.
MORE INFORMATIONASK fields are generally used in template files in conjunction with an AutoNew macro. When you create a new document based on such a template, the fields are automatically updated so that they prompt you for appropriate answers to be filled in at the bookmark locations. If you use the \d switch within an ASK field to supply another field as the default answer when the prompt appears, an AutoNew macro runs on that ASK field first (regardless of its position in the document).
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Reference(s): "Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 646-650, 763-765, 786
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