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How to 'freeze' mergefields so that only the values are left?

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Peter Fl. Adolph - 19 Jul 2007 10:16 GMT
A client has sent me a manual that contains merged data ('Mergefields'), and
for some reason I cannot process the manual through my translation software.
I think the problem is that the mergefields are left as coded fields in the
Word doc.

?: Is there some easy way to 'freeze' the values that the client merged into
the Word doc, so that only text (and thus no codes) are left?

I can manually replace all mergefields with the required text, but it will
take me a lot of time ...

Appreciate any help!
/Peter
Peter Jamieson - 19 Jul 2007 10:23 GMT
Select the document, e.g. using ctrl-A,  and press ctrl-shift-F9 to "fix"
the fields. Some field types may remain. I would avoid doing the same in
headers and footers, or if you must, try to avoid "fixing" fields whose
results vary from page to page (e.g. { PAGE } fields.

Peter Jamieson
>A client has sent me a manual that contains merged data ('Mergefields'),
>and
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> Appreciate any help!
> /Peter
 
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