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This article describes how to add rows to the Invoice.dot and Purchord.dot templates (Invoice and Purchase Order templates if you are using Microsoft Word for the Macintosh).
To add rows to these templates, follow these steps:
1. On the File menu, click Open.
2. Open the template (Invoice.dot or Purchord.dot for Word for Windows;
Invoice or Purchase Order for Word for the Macintosh).
Version of Word Location of template files
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6.x for Windows Winword\Template
7.x for Windows 95 MSOffice\Templates\Other Documents
6.x for the Macintosh Microsoft Word 6:Templates
3. On the Tools menu, click Unprotect Document.
4. Position your insertion point in the last row of the table (the row
just before the Subtotal row).
5. On the Table menu, click Select Row.
6. On the Format menu, click Borders And Shading.
7. On the Borders tab, use the Borders sample diagram to cancel the
the bottom border selection.
8. Click OK.
9. With this row still selected, click Copy on the Edit menu.
10. Select the Subtotal row. On the Edit menu, click Paste Rows.
11. Double-click the Form field in the first cell (in the Quantity column).
The Text Form Field Options dialog box appears.
12. In the Bookmark Name box, under Field Settings, type "Quantity_8"
(without the quotation marks). If you are adding more than one row, type
the next consecutive number.
In the Purchase Order template, there is also a Unit column. Double-
click this form field. Name the Bookmark "Unit_8" (without the
quotation marks).
13. Double-click the form field in the next cell. In the Bookmark Name box,
type "Description_8" (without the quotation marks).
14. Double-click the form field in the next cell. In the Bookmark Name box,
type "Price_8" (without the quotation marks).
15. For the Invoice template, follow these steps:
a. Double-click the last form field.
b. Type "Amount_8" (without the quotation marks) for Bookmark Name.
c. The Expression box shows:
=PRODUCT(A8,C8)
Change this to:
=PRODUCT(A9,C9)
These cell numbers represent the quantity and price for the
current row.
For the Purchase Order template, follow these steps:
a. Double-click the last form field.
b. Type "Amount_8" (without the quotation marks) for Bookmark Name.
c. The Expression box shows:
=PRODUCT(A8,D8)
Change this to:
=PRODUCT(A9,D9)
These cell numbers represent the quantity and price for the
current row.
If you need to add more rows, repeat steps 9 through 16,
incrementing the bookmark number for all form fields for each
consecutive row.
16. If you do not want to add more rows, select the last row that you
created and click Borders And Shading on the Format menu.
17. In the Borders folder, use the Borders diagram to select the bottom
border.
18. Use the appropriate procedure for the template you are using.
For the Invoice template:
a. Double-click the Total Due form field.
b. Modify the calculation by adding the number of rows that have
been added to the existing values. If you added two rows, then
add two to the numbers, for example:
=SUM(D11,D12,D13)
For the Purchase Order template:
a. Double-click the Total Due form field.
b. Modify the calculation by adding the number of rows that have
been added to the existing values. If you added two rows, then
add two to the numbers, for example
=SUM(E11,E12,E13,E14)
19. On the Tools menu, click Protect Document. In the Protect Document For
area, click Forms. Click OK.
20. Click the Save button. Close the file.
The template will contain additional rows.
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Last Reviewed: January 22, 1999