A better approach may be to use a UserForm.
See the article "How to create a Userform" at:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm
However, when you use the Insert>Field dialog to insert a Fill-In field, you
have the opportunity to create a prompt for the field.
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"finlzo" <finlzo[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] >I am trying to create some new templates, previous people have used fillin
> fields. Some of these documents are to be mailmerged, some are just forms
> to
> be used internally by several people. The original templates I was given
> opens showing all the document text and the fillin fields prompt boxes
> open
> throughout the document as set up. When I have tried to create my own
> template with fillin fields the documents open opening the fillin prompts
> but
> do not show the document text which will be confusing for users to
> understand
> the context of the document. I have looked at the field codes and can't
> see
> any difference. Am I missing something vital in the document setup?
> Thanks for any advice
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> Regards
> Finlzo
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