Toggle on the display of the fields codes using Alt+F9 and replace the
\*mergeformat switch with/or add a \* charformat switch to the field, inside
the closing field delimiter } and then apply the desired formatting to the S
of StyleRef.

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>I want to create a field which inserts a Style ref, but when it appears, it
> also includes the character reference which has been included in the
> style...
> i.e. It copies over the formatting exactly - whether bold or non-bold
cadebe - 30 Oct 2007 09:21 GMT
thanks doug - it was a different approach to what I was thinking, but worked
nevertheless!
Cheers!
> Toggle on the display of the fields codes using Alt+F9 and replace the
> \*mergeformat switch with/or add a \* charformat switch to the field, inside
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> > style...
> > i.e. It copies over the formatting exactly - whether bold or non-bold