Field codes: Fillin field

{ FILLIN ["Prompt "] [Switches ] }

Prompts you to enter text. Your response is printed in place of the field. To insert your response in more than one location, use an ASK field.

The prompt is displayed each time the FILLIN field is updated. If the FILLIN field is in a mail merge main document, the prompt is displayed each time a new data record is merged unless you use the \o switch.

When a new document is created based on a template containing FILLIN fields, the fields are updated automatically.

Instructions

"Prompt "

Text displayed in the dialog box, for example, "Enter the client's name:"

Switches

\d "Default "

Specifies a default response if you type nothing in the prompt dialog box. The field { FILLIN "Enter typist's initials:" \d "tds" } inserts "tds" if no response is entered.

If you don't specify a default response, Microsoft Word uses the last response entered. To specify a blank entry as the default, type empty quotation marks after the switch; for example, type \d ""

\o

Prompts just once during a mail merge instead of each time a new data record is merged. The same response is inserted in each resulting merged document.

Example

This FILLIN field helps you fill in the correct information by displaying the patient name from the current data record; for example, "Please enter the appointment time for Patrick Martin." Insert an ASK or FILLIN field in the main document, and then insert the merge field in the field codes.

{ FILLIN "Please enter the appointment time for { MERGEFIELD PatientName }:"}