The AUTOTEXTLIST field is one of those esoteric fields that you may know nothing about. Need to count the number of times a particular field appears in a document? It's easy to do when you apply the techniques described in this tip. This tip explores two ways you can reuse information entered into your document's fields. Here's the lowdown on why this is, and a macro you can use to make copying and pasting field codes easier.Īre you developing a form with Word? In some instances it is advantageous to copy whatever is entered in a form field to another location in your document.
#Microsoft word add field code#
Want to copy a field code and paste it in some other Windows program? This can be trickier than it sounds. If you want to convert the form responses back to regular text, you need to follow a couple of steps that will stop the data from being changed, as described in this tip.
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Word allows you to protect documents that are intended to be used as forms. This can be done with a simple shortcut key, discussed in this tip. You may want to convert the dynamic results of a field to regular text. Word includes a setting that allows you to specify exactly how you want your fields shaded.įields are meant to be dynamic, providing a result based on conditions at the time they are updated. If you use fields in your documents, you may want to highlight them in some way so that you can find them easier.
#Microsoft word add field how to#
Word keeps track of quite a bit of document-related information that it refers to as "properties." Here's how to control those properties and make changes in them. You can also create simple conditional calculations using the IF field, as described here. Word allows you to insert simple formulas, using fields, in table cells.
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An easy way to do this is to use the INCLUDETEXT field, described in this tip. Here is a description of how you can force Word to calculate the contents of a form field while the form is being used.Īt some point you may want to insert one Word document inside another Word document. An easier way is to do your calculations using macros instead.įorm fields allow you to create (you guessed it) forms.
#Microsoft word add field update#
You can update fields and links automatically when you print your document, but what if you want them updated when you open or close the document? That is not as easy of a proposition, but there are ways to fulfill the request, as shown in this tip.Ĭan you calculate dates using fields? Yes, but you probably don't want to except as a learning experience. What if you want the new documents to include some sort of automatically incrementing number? This tip looks at ways you can accomplish the task. Templates are a great way to create new documents because they act as intricate patterns to what those new documents should contain. Even so, you can use fields to perform a simple calculation, like determining an age. People don't normally think of using fields to do any calculations. Once in place, you can change any of the amounts, and the total is updated the next time the field results are updated. You can use a few bookmarks and an equation field to add a dynamic total anywhere in your document. Here's an alternative method of calculating the number of words in a document. Word provides a tool that counts the number of words in a document.