Re: Updating a text date field?

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From: Charles Kenyon (msnewsgroup_at_remove.no.spam.addbalance.com)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:46:48 -0500

Put the material somewhere within the body of your document (even formatted
as white) and use a Ref or StyleRef field to pull it into your
headers/footers. If it is formatted as white, it will not print but will
take up space. 

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"Alan D." <sndchaser@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:SoOdnQjQBcIycEzdRVn-hA@comcast.com...
> I think I've identified the issue - it appears that when the document is
> protected, even if it's just the section that contains the formfields, the
> headers/footers are protected as well and so are not updating. Any way
> around this, aside from just making my heading part of the regular text?
>
>
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Alan D.
>
> ------
> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:OOyqwKHVEHA.2840@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Alan,
> >
> > Since you mentioned a "text formfield" I'll assume you're using a
protect
> > form... In the Properties dialog of the formfield, check the "Calculate
on
> > exit" option. Then you can use a Ref field (or, equivalently, a
> > Cross-reference) and it will update automatically.
> >
> > -- 
> > Regards,
> > Jay Freedman
> > Microsoft Word MVP          FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> >
> > Alan D. wrote:
> > > It seems to me that this sould be simple but I can't figure it out...
> > > I'm wanting to drive the contents of three fields of a newsletter's
> > > heading by updating the first instance of the information within the
> > > document. The "volume" and "issue" fields are numeric and are
> > > behaving as expected, but the "date" field is being less cooperative.
> > > I first tried using a simple formula field to refer to the text
> > > formfield, but the formula field instists on converting the contents
> > > to a numeric equivalent, which I do not want. Using the REF field
> > > kept the contents in text format but requires that I manually update
> > > the field. How can I use a single text field to automatically drive
> > > the contents of other instances of the same information within the
> > > document? Thanks for any assistance.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Alan D.
> >
> >
>
>

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