place holders in templates

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Jeremy Chapman

I am creating a template and I want to create placeholders for users to
enter text in.

I tried inserting a field of type fill-in, but that actually prompts the
user with a dialog box. I've seen elsewhere where the field appears with a
grey background and text something like [Text here]. The user can select
the field and put there value in it, and when printed the entered text
prints correctly (no grey background). How do I do this?


As well, is it possible to enter instructional text below the field, and
have that text only show when the user edits the document (not when the
print)?
 
Thanks, that's what I need!

Luc said:
Jeremy,
Maybe you can use a macrobutton field. See this excellent article:
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

Look for the section "Use Macrobutton field without a macro"

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Luc Sanders
(MVP - PowerPoint)
Jeremy Chapman said:
I am creating a template and I want to create placeholders for users to
enter text in.

I tried inserting a field of type fill-in, but that actually prompts the
user with a dialog box. I've seen elsewhere where the field appears with
a grey background and text something like [Text here]. The user can
select the field and put there value in it, and when printed the entered
text prints correctly (no grey background). How do I do this?


As well, is it possible to enter instructional text below the field, and
have that text only show when the user edits the document (not when the
print)?
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