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 FILL-IN ["prompt"] [switches ]
 Prompts you to enter text. Your response is printed in place of the field. To insert your response in more than one location, use an ASK field.

 promptText displayed in the dialog box, for example, "Enter the client's name:"
 switches 
 \dSpecifies a default response if you type nothing in the prompt dialog box
The field { FILL-IN "Enter typist's initials:" \d "tds" } inserts "tds" if no response is entered
If you don't specify a default response, Microsoft Word uses the last response entered
To specify a blank entry as the default, type empty quotation marks after the switch; for example, type \d ""
 \oPrompts just once during a mail merge instead of each time a new data record is merged
The same response is inserted in each resulting merged document


 REMARKS
 
  • The prompt is displayed each time the FILL-IN field is updated. If the FILL-IN field is in a mail merge main document, the prompt is displayed each time a new data record is merged unless you use the \o switch.
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  • When a new document is created based on a template containing FILL-IN fields, the fields are updated automatically.
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  • This field helps you fill in the correct information by displaying the patient name from the current data record; for example, "Please enter the appointment time for Patrick Martin." Insert an ASK or FILL-IN field in the main document, and then insert the merge field in the field codes.

    •  EXAMPLES
     { FILL-IN "Please enter the appointment time for { MERGEFIELD PatientName }:"}
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