WORD VBA- copying text from first into all others

[Toby1kenobe]

Hi All

I've built up a form containing a textbox areas. On each of the 12 pages(all almost the same) is a "Student Name". Instead of updating this on each page i want this to be automated.

In the properties of the first textbox (bookmark "Name1") i put a macro into the on Exit event. However in my macro assigned to this event i cant do this

Name1 = name2
name1 = name3

etc.

I thought i got close with

thisDocument.bookmarks ("Name2").range.text = ThisDocument.bookmarks ("Name1").range.text

but it didnt work

Any help is always greatly appreciated

Toby Hodkinson

 

[macropod]

Hi Toby,

Why not use REF fields in your document to point to the bookmarks being created via your text boxes eg {REF Name1}. Then, once your bookmarks are populated, all you need to do is to execute:
ActiveDocument.Fields.Update
to update all the REF fields in the body of the document.

Cheers