Re: Auto update field issue

If the document is collated via IncludeText fields, there is a switch to say
not to update fields within them. Not sure if the same switch works for
other types of fields--check in Help.

See #4 "Fields within Fields" here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/includetextfields.htm


On 12/9/05 3:13 PM, "Ana" wrote:

> I am working with Word 2003. I have to create a large document by
> pulling in various files (each file is from 1-15 pages long). Each file
> becomes a section in the document. Each section has a footer that
> consists of fields from original files. After the document is created I
> have to print it, but I don't want to update fields - I want to keep
> the original values. Option Update fields is turned off (Tools,
> Options, Print tab), but Word still updates them when I try to print
> it. I also tried selecting whole document (CTRL + A), and then pressing
> CTRL+SHIFT+F9 to convert fields to regular text, and it worked for text
> in the document, but not footers. I can select text in footer of every
> section and then change fields into text, but is time consuming. Is
> there any way to select ALL text (including footers in all sections) in
> one or two steps?
>
> Thanks!
>

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