Preserver formatting in footer

[DickEp]

I am trying something "weird".

I have a table at the top of my document template. In it there is the Title of the Document, and a "Project Name". This tabe is only 1 column by 2 rows.

Now, in my footer, to make things look pretty, I have a different table. It is 1 row by 3 columns. In column 1 of the footer, I want to REFerence (copy) the text out of the row 2 of the table at the top of the document. Now, I can do that, HOWEVER - here is the "weird" part - it copies the CELL (contents, formatting, and cell boundaries) to the cell of the column 1 in footer. I don't want/need the formatting. The footer has its own formatting.

So, how can I "copy" just the text (and the text must be editable over time since other projects have different names)? I tried "{REF Project \h* MERGEFORMAT}" but that does not work.

Thanks
D

 

[fumei]

Make the text in the first table inside a text formfield. You can turn shading off. Make a field in the footer with the formfield name.

Do have to update the field in the footer when you change the source, but you would have to do that anyway with the REF field.

Gerry