Repeating content is common. For instance, you might want to repeat a name or refer to a document’s title in the header. You could re-enter the text each time you want it to appear in the document. An ...

Create a text form field that lets you enter text once and have it appear automatically elsewhere in the document, such as the date shown in the file's header. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about ...

Click anywhere on the Word document. On the menu bar, click the Insert tab. In the Text group, click the Quick Parts button. Then select Field from the drop-down menu. A Field dialog box will appear.

Word offers the tools you need to handle simple calculations within your documents. This walk-through demonstrates the process. Word offers the tools you need to handle simple calculations within your ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

When you use drop box form fields in Microsoft Word, they may contain any variety of text and numbers to choose from. If you need to perform a calculation using data from the drop boxes, you need to ...

Electronic forms allow you to capture information easily. You can send people electronic forms via email, have them update the information, and then return the completed forms to you. The information ...

Most of us are very familiar with surveys because we have completed them from time to time. We know how to fill them in and we have experienced both good and bad surveys — some are cumbersome to ...