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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / April 2004second post on "view field code" problem
Any takers? I have been trying to figure out why I can't show the results of certain field codes in Word 2002. When I go to Tools|Options|View|Field Codes and check the box to eliminate the view of the field codes, it does not take. When I open the dialog box, it goes right back to a check (rather than uncheck) selection. The same thing happens with bookmarks. Any insights? It totally messes up the macrobutton function since it won't display the results even after a merge has been completed. Other field codes do execute, but others do not. Thanks. . Please do not create a new or second post on a continuing problem unless the original post no longer deals with the situation at all. You've lost the entire context of your previous post and any answers. There are hundreds of posts to these newsgroups a day and few will want to try to track down your previous thread to get that context. Instead, reply in your previous thread.  SignatureCharles Kenyon See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Any takers? > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Thanks. > . Ok. I understand. Sorry for my impatience. Since no one has taken on the question, there was no context to lose. However, if someone does answer the prior posting, what you say is dead on. Sorry for the breach of protocol. >-----Original Message----- >Please do not create a new or second post on a continuing problem unless the [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >. Sorry, I thought you were following up on an earlier post to which there had been responses. I see now that this is not the case. Waiting two weeks and reposting is _not_ being impatient around here. I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you. The problem sounds very irritating. SignatureCharles Kenyon See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Ok. I understand. > [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > > > >. Hi Grm, Interesting... I seem to recall another report along these lines in the German newsgroups, a long time back... Can you list exactly which fieldcodes don't toggle? And do you see the same if you press Alt+F9 (rather then going over Tools/Options)? Is this happening only in some documents, or in all (including new ones)? If you hold down CTRL when starting Word (Safe mode; installation defaults) do you still see the same, or does the problem go away? > I have been trying to figure out why I can't show the > results of certain field codes in Word 2002. When I go [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > merge has been completed. Other field codes do execute, > but others do not. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Hi Cindy I first noticed this when I used {Includetext}. Now it seems to be the case with all the fieldcodes in old and new documents. When I hit Alt+F9, it flashes the result, but immediately reverts back to the fieldcode. This happens after a merge as well. I also notice that the <<abc>> switch does not work. Lastly, when opened in safe mode, the toggle did seem to work fine. I guess this implies a change at odds with the installation defaults. Any further thoughts? GRM >-----Original Message----- >Hi Grm, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Can you list exactly which fieldcodes don't toggle? And do you see the same if you press Alt+F9 (rather then going over Tools/Options)? >Is this happening only in some documents, or in all (including new ones)? > >If you hold down CTRL when starting Word (Safe mode; installation defaults) do you still see the same, or does the problem go away? >> I have been trying to figure out why I can't show the >> results of certain field codes in Word 2002. When I go [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e- mail :-) >. Hi Grm, > when opened in safe mode, the toggle did seem to > work fine. I guess this implies a change at odds with the > installation defaults. That's a relief :-) Now we have to track down what's causing the problem. There are basically two possibilities - Normal.dot is damaged - there's an Addin present that's interfering Do you have anything like Adobe Acrobat Writer or any other addin tool installed? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Hi Cindy: Yes, I do have Adobe Acrobat. From time to time, I have received messages about changes to normal.dot and whether I wanted to retain them. I know I have answered "yes" on occasion. Thanks. What might be next? GRM >-----Original Message----- >Hi Grm, [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > >. Hi Grm, > Yes, I do have Adobe Acrobat. From time to time, I have > received messages about changes to normal.dot and whether > I wanted to retain them. I know I have answered "yes" on > occasion. Try uninstalling it, see if the problem goes away. If it does, then we know where the problem is coming from. The next thing to do, then, would be to contact Adobe and ask them how you can use this addin, while retaining Word's full functionality. They may have an update, or you may have a version conflict (not all versions of Adobe Writer work with all versions of Word). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Cindy: I unloaded the "PDmaker.dot add-in". It did not help. Do I need to uninsall Adobe 6.0 or is this different? Do you think it has something to do with the "normal.dot?" >-----Original Message----- >Hi Grm, [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >. Hi Cindy: I uninstalled Adobe 6.0.1. There is still an add-in (unloaded) called Pdfmaker.dot. And I still have the problem. grm >-----Original Message----- >Hi Grm, [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >. Remove the file PDFMAKER.DOT from the office startup folder. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> > Hi Cindy: > I uninstalled Adobe 6.0.1. There is still an add-in [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> >> . >-----Original Message----- >Hi Grm, [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >. >Cindy (and now Graham) I have uninstalled Adobe Acrobat (which I need to read pdf's as you know). I have removed pdfMaker.dot. Still no relief. If it is a problem with normal.dot. What do I do? Will I lose autocorrects or macros if I do some sort of reinstall of Word? Now, I feel mocked by the is nettlesome issue! Thanks in advance for your help so far. Hi Grm, > I have uninstalled Adobe Acrobat (which I need to read > pdf's as you know). I have removed pdfMaker.dot. > > Still no relief. > OK. Next thing you need to do is check in the STARTUP folder whether there are any other *.dot files and move those out, testing each time whether this has made a difference. Also, try renaming Normal.dot to NormalOLD.dot, then start up Word and see if the problem has gone away. > If it is a problem with normal.dot. What do I do? Will > I lose autocorrects or macros if I do some sort of > reinstall of Word? You won't lose any macros, styles or AutoText, as these can be copied across to a new Normal.dot using the Organizer. You'd lose any customizations to built-in menus and toolbars, but not any you've created. And you can probably recover most keyboard shortcut assignments. There's also a back-up tool that can help you transfer any formatted AutoCorrect entries (unformatted are saved in a *.acl file that shouldn't be affected). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Hi Cindy: Ok. I think we have this thing beaten. It was the "normal.dot". When I renamed it as you suggested, the problem seems to have resolved. The old template has the macros. Somewhere along the line I lost a few autocorrect entries. Which may be unrelated since the same ones are in "normalOLD.dot". Thanks for all of your help. What a pain. >-----Original Message----- >Hi Grm, [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > >. Hi Grm, > Ok. I think we have this thing beaten. It was > the "normal.dot". When I renamed it as you suggested, > the problem seems to have resolved. > Good! so you're all set, now? > The old template has the macros. Somewhere along the > line I lost a few autocorrect entries. Which may be > unrelated since the same ones are in "normalOLD.dot". Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Yes. Thank you for your patience and help. >-----Original Message----- >Hi Grm, [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >. |
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