# Any way to use results from a FILLIN field on microsoft word more than once?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-use-results-from-a-fillin-field-on-microsoft-word-more-than-once/328663>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 31, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-use-results-from-a-fillin-field-on-microsoft-word-more-than-once/328663 "2005-10-31T01:54:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-use-results-from-a-fillin-field-on-microsoft-word-more-than-once/328663/1 "2005-10-31T01:54:55Z")

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/microsoft word help… is not very good.

If I use a FILLIN field in a template… how can I use the result in more than one place in the document without having to ask the same question again???

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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-use-results-from-a-fillin-field-on-microsoft-word-more-than-once/328663/2 "2005-10-31T04:38:53Z")

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The “ASK” field will do that.