Scribe Plugin

[Seppel]

Hi.

Is it possible to create a new Word file with the Scribe Plugin?

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Seppel

[Jesse Barnum]

No, Scribe does not create new Word files, but it can be used to read and/or modify existing ones.

Can you explain more about how you would like to see this work?

[Seppel]

Hi Jesse.

Thanks for your reply.

I would like to create my correspondence either in FileMaker or in Word. But the printout should be in Word.

Also I would like to be able to change documents in both programmes. If a document is changed in FileMaker, the changes should be transferred into the Word document and vise versa.

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Seppel

[Jesse Barnum]

Hi Seppel - I don't think this is feasible. It would be difficult (but not impossible) to generate a Word document from a FileMaker layout, but I think it would be impossible (or at least cost prohibitive) to come up with a way to keep a Word document and a FileMaker layout in sync with each other.

[Seppel]

Hi Jesse.

Sorry my English is not the best to express exactly what I want to do.

I would not use a FileMaker layout for printing. FM will only provide the content. The usual way would be here to write an XSL which is used to generate the output. This I would have gladly spared.

On the other hand, I would like to be able to write in a Word document and then assign the contents to a FileMaker record.

I need to test a few times Scribe to find out exactly what everthing is possible with it. First I have to buy a newer Word version to work with the XML interface. (°I°)

[Jesse Barnum]

Hi Seppel - that should be possible. If you set up your Word document with Content Controls and then fill those in on the word document, you can use the Scribe plugin to pull all of that text into fields in FileMaker Pro.