Working With Form Fields from Other Docs

Dawn Reid

Dear Forum

I am using Word 2010. I am making stand-alone handwritten/manual
forms into automated user forms that team members can enter in
formation and the data will populate throughout the document. Common
fields (e.g, Customer Name, Product Description, Lot Number, etc.) will
be the same for each form, but different for each client.

Right now, the forms are separate. However, they will be integrated
depending upon product and client. For example:

Client 1 needs forms A, G, , H, J, X
Client 2 needs form B, C, D, J, X


My goal is to make client assembled pacakges for which these different
forms will already be integrated.

Here is my questions:

1) If I bring all the forms together into one document, will I need to
re-adjust the form fields, and/or will I need to create or have the main
form fields, and then have the other fields reference those form fields
so that the data will auto populate throughout the document? What would
be the best approach?


Or


2) Are there any off the shelf applications that can sort of do this for
me? Meaning, I just add the codes or bookmarks to the form, and a
third-party application can be used to populate the data, as well as
assemble multiple forms with the click of a button (I really don't want
to recreate the wheel if I can get a app that can do what i need). Not
looking for a custome app, but one that is already complete and has
support.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

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Dawn Reid