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In this step, you will add the Form Fields and assign Bookmarks to each field in your Word document that is to be merged. The steps vary slightly in different versions of Word.
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word-wrap: break-word;">Note that SmartSimple's Word Merge feature works with all version of MS Word. As opposed to using the user's version of Word to create the merged document, the merge is performed by SmartSimple's Word Merge engine using an programmatic object compatible with MS Word (all versions). Once the merge is launched, SmartSimple streams the resultant document back to the client’s browser where the extension of the streamed document (*.doc, *.docx, etc.) will trigger the launching of MS Word. If the user does not have MS Word on a Windows machine the process will simply open or whatever program is associated with the document's extension.</pre>
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''Take note of all the Bookmarks that you add to the Form Fields below. They will be used in step 3: [[Custom Field Type: Special - MS Word Merge|creating an MS Word Merge custom field]].''
