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MS Office Forum / Word / Document Management / February 2008Update field option is disabled
Why is the "Update Fields" (F9) option in my doc disabled? For the TOC and all cross-references, pressing F9 does nothing, and the context menu (right-click) shows the Update field option as grayed-out, disabled. Possibly the fields are locked or have been unlinked?  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Why is the "Update Fields" (F9) option in my doc disabled? For the TOC and > all cross-references, pressing F9 does nothing, and the context menu > (right-click) shows the Update field option as grayed-out, disabled. Thanks for your help. Have you heard of this situation? The problem is definetly related to PDF creation. After creating a PDF from a Word 2003 doc, the “Update Field” option for all cross-references, TOC, and Index is disabled. I used the standard PDF conversion utility provided with Acrobat Standard 8. When a new TOC or cross-reference is added to the doc it continues to behave as expected; only those inserted before PDF conversion are problematic. In addition, the style and font for the cross-references is altered to ZWAdobeF. > Possibly the fields are locked or have been unlinked? > > > Why is the "Update Fields" (F9) option in my doc disabled? For the TOC and > > all cross-references, pressing F9 does nothing, and the context menu > > (right-click) shows the Update field option as grayed-out, disabled. I also forgot to mention that the links still work, even when the Update option is disabled. Thanks again. > Thanks for your help. Have you heard of this situation? > The problem is definetly related to PDF creation. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > all cross-references, pressing F9 does nothing, and the context menu > > > (right-click) shows the Update field option as grayed-out, disabled. What I have found is that the "Update fields" check box on the Print tab of Tools | Options is cleared every time I create a PDF; I have to remember to go back and recheck it. I haven't noticed any effect on the function of F9, however. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Thanks for your help. Have you heard of this situation? > The problem is definetly related to PDF creation. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > all cross-references, pressing F9 does nothing, and the context menu >> > (right-click) shows the Update field option as grayed-out, disabled. |
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