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by m*lenium

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MS Word 2000
I am trying to insert an ASK field into a Word template. The popup box appears correctly but the contents of the box won't populate. There is a bookmark in place.

The field reads: { ASK Description"Description of Offence"\o \*MERGEFORMAT}

I have typed the bookmark in manually and tried to pick it up from the Options button when adding the switch - makes no difference.

Once I've created the field, I choose File >> New and the popup box appears - no problem there - I complete the box and choose OK but the text
I've typed in doesn't appear in the field.

How do I get the text I type into the ASK popup box to appear in the document?

Would love some help with this!

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by dklippert

It isn't very clear in the Help file, but an ASK field requires two steps. When you set a bookmark "Description", that will be part of the ASK field. To display the results in any number of locations in the doc, you must insert REF fields {REF Description].
You don't need the \o switch, that's for a one time query in a merge doc. You might want \d "" so the msg box is cleared each time.

by dklippert

BTW, another way to do it is with a FILLIN field. You place the field in the location you want the text rather than use bookmarks and REF fields.

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