Hi,

I just purchased Scribe and Im a bit stumped.  I want to import data from MS Word files that will have fields.  I see references in the instructions to "field tags", but Im stumped how to prep my Word files so that Scribe can see/read the data.  I know this is more of a Word issue, but any help is appreciated.   I did find a sample file on the forums (attached below) but for the life of me, I cant figure out how they named the field!   Im using Windows, Word 2013.  Thanks!

CCfield_test.docx

Edited August 31, 20178 yr by Fred Sahakian

Hi Fred,

   Scribe can write to "content control fields" in a word document. They are a special data type that can be created within a .docx file that can be named. Pass the tag name of the Content Control Field as the first parameter in ScribeDocWriteValue. More information about how to make content control fields can be found here (this pertains to Word 2007 but I suspect the process is the same or at least similar).  You can use the function ScribeDocListFields in order to get a list of all fields Scribe can write to. Alternatively, you can use placeholders which are just arbitrary "words" that can be then replaced using ScribeDocSubstitute.