Hi David,

Some fields will automatically update via a Print Preview, but others would
need a macro instead of pressing F9. You could attach the macro to a custom
toolbar button for ease of use.

A macro like:

Sub FieldUpdate()
ActiveDocument.Fields.Update
End Sub

would update all fields in the body of the document, but not fields in text
boxes, headers or footers. More extensive code is needed to deal with all
possibilities.

Cheers

Is there a menu alternative to pressing F9 to update tables?

I have a Mac Powerbook and F9 runs expose; I would rather not have to alter
the preferences to turn this off each time I need to update tables.