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Eric - 13 Dec 2007 16:08 GMT

Some things I've read in passing have lead me to believe that it's better to
use book marks over mail merge to replace data programmatically. I'm all for
this since I find mail merge incredibly annoying.

My real goal though is just to be able to replace about 20 variable fields
in a long legal document. Any links or guidance on any best practice data
replacement technique much appreciated. Prefer a .net solution but vba ok
too.

TIA,
Eric

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 20 Dec 2007 02:01 GMT

I would use document variables and DOCVARIABLE fields

What is the source of the data that is to be placed in the document

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> Some things I've read in passing have lead me to believe that it's better
> to use book marks over mail merge to replace data programmatically. I'm
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> TIA,
> Eric

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fumei - 20 Dec 2007 19:13 GMT

Document variables or bookmarks. Which to use is a matter of exactly what
are your requirements.

The source of data is a good question.

>I would use document variables and DOCVARIABLE fields
>
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>> TIA,
>> Eric

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