change one page in 20 page document

[cabrilo]

I have a form template document. One page out of this 20 page document needs to be different based on selection. So if drop down selection on the first page is "option 1" then I need page 17 but not page 18. If selection is "option 2 " then I need page 18 but not 17.

Is there any way to hide one whole page based on some input. I know how to change few small values based on selection. But here I need the whole page to disapear. Any ideas?

[MGadAllah]

Can you explain more please

[cabrilo]

ok,

I have combined 15 documents into one. I have made this document into template, so that everyone at my office can fill it in with new information. Everything is locked except for the fileds that need to be filled in.

All of these documetns are the same no matter what they are used for. But one page is different depending on the type of contract. If the owner is building the house there is one contract. If the owner has a contractor builder than I need a different form. But the other 14 documents are still the same.

The way I have it now, this main document has both versions of owner builder, and contactor builder. So after you are done and print out the document you have to discard one page.

This is causing some confusion. So here is what I would like. On page one you have a little drop down menu that says: is the owner bulder, or is it contract builder. Based on this, one page needs to hide somehow.

Any ideas?

[MGadAllah]

hummm.... so you want something like auto filter in Excel?

I do not know how to do such a thing in MS Word

But why not to create to type of documents, one for each purpose, then you fill in the one you want according to your business type

[Anne Troy]

I agree that having two templates is the easier way. However, this could be done with VBA. Select the text and insert a bookmark name for each of the two scenarios. Use checkboxes instead of dropdowns and put a macro "on exit" of the checkboxes that deletes the opposite bookmark. If you don't know macros, try www.vbaexpress.com for some really good help with that.