Zack,

I think what you're kind of missing here is that you can attach actual documents to posts after you get 5 posts. It would probably be a good idea to post a dummy document, with your attempts to set it up the way it would work on your system... and then everyone would be looking at the same thing.

And while some settings wouldn't work (i.e., printer-specific settings like duplex), you could still have multiple people looking at the document you are attempting to print, with the field codes in it, and then describe what isn't working.

Other than that, it's all (as you said earlier) a little too conceptual and esoteric. Otherwise, I think you may need to hire someone.

VBA solutions (despite this being a VBA forum) are not always (and often not) the best solution. VBA solutions are typically (in my experience) thought to be "best" when the person requesting that solution doesn't understand all of the built-in capabilities of Word. In short, training often substitutes better than a one-off coding solution.

Can you try to dummy up a document and post it? That will probably get you closer to your desired solution than a lot more posts back and forth.