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WordprocessingML Reference Material - Table of Contents
Syntax:
ASK field-argument-1 field-argument-2 [ switches ]
field-argument-1:
field-argument
field-argument-2:
field-argument
Description: Prompts the user to enter information and assigns the bookmark designated by field-argument-1 to represent the user's response. text in field-argument-2 specifies the prompt text, which is displayed in a dialog box. The prompt is displayed each time the ASK field is updated. A response remains assigned to the bookmark until a new response is entered.
Field Value: None.
Switches: Zero or more of the following field-specific-switches.
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\d field-argument |
The text in this switch's field-argument specifies a default response if one is not entered. If no default response is specified, the most recent response is used. To specify a blank entry as the default, field-argument shall be "". |
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\o |
When used in a mail merge main document, this causes the display of the prompt once instead of each time a new data record is merged. The same response is inserted in each resulting merged document. |
[Example: When the following fields are updated and "John" is entered as the response,
ASK AskResponse "What is your first name?"
Hello REF AskResponse.
the result is
Hello John.
end example]