Word 2k- user cusomizable document

[Achmed]

I'm attempting to create a document to be a template for users to create a report. There are various tables that the users may or may not need from the template for a specific report. I would like to allow the user to select which tables appear before beginning the report. Is there some way to hide them based on user selection? If you have any idea about this, or any other way that might accomplish the same goal, I'd really appreciate it. I'm stuck!

-Alan

 

[ilses]

Hi Alan,

One problem you will have to deal with in case you go for preselecting the tables to show and deleting the ones not needed, is what does a user have to do if he/she made a mistake? Start all over?

An alternative approach is to use AutoText. Assign each table to an AutoText entry and create a custom menu or toolbar to let users take their pick from there. Presuming it's Word you're referring to, there will be no need for VBA as you can store your menu/toolbar/AutoText with the template. That is, unless the sheer size of the tables makes this unworkable, or if you wish users to maintain the tables themselves without accessing the template. In that case you could assign a macro to the buttons/menu items to insert the associated tables.

HTH


IS