Chapter 9. Quick Parts

Quick Parts are the evolution of AutoText, a new way to work with fields, and a new way to create template content. Then again, they’re really so much more than that.

Quick Parts—in particular, the elements of Quick Parts called Building Blocks—are a new approach to generating documents. Wherever you see a gallery on the Ribbon with the option to insert preformatted sets of content—such as the Cover Page, Header, Footer, or Table Of Contents galleries—those are Building Blocks.

If you’ve seen these new options, and the hair on the back of your neck stood up in revolt against cookie-cutter document content, ...

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