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Karen VM - 04 Oct 2006 14:02 GMT

In Word 2000, can you unlink a specified field throughout the document in one
shot?

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Stefan Blom - 04 Oct 2006 14:07 GMT

Sure. To unlink all SEQ fields, for example, use this macro:

Dim f As Field
For Each f In ActiveDocument.Fields
If f.Type = wdFieldSequence Then
f.Unlink
End If
Next f

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> In Word 2000, can you unlink a specified field throughout the
> document in one shot?

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Karen VM - 04 Oct 2006 15:01 GMT

Well this worked for the fields in the main text, but how do I unlink in
headers too? Also, my field is DocProperty for which I have several custom
codes, eg, DocProperty "Compound", DocProperty "Species" etc... How can I
specify a specific code to unlink? Thanks so much for your prompt help - I've
spent 2 days trying to figure this out as a "newbie"

> Sure. To unlink all SEQ fields, for example, use this macro:
>
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> > In Word 2000, can you unlink a specified field throughout the
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Greg Maxey - 04 Oct 2006 22:12 GMT

See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Field_Macros.htm

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See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

> Well this worked for the fields in the main text, but how do I unlink in
> headers too? Also, my field is DocProperty for which I have several custom
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>> > In Word 2000, can you unlink a specified field throughout the
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Stefan Blom - 05 Oct 2006 08:24 GMT

Graham's article provides examples for searching all stories of a
document. But, as far as I can tell, it does not explain how to find a
specific "flavor" of a field, for example, how to find { DOCPROPERTY
"Compound" } but not { DOCPROPERTY "Title" }. For that, you would have
to investigate the field code directly:

If Instr(UCase$(f.Code.Text), "COMPOUND") Then
f.Unlink
End If

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> Well this worked for the fields in the main text, but how do I unlink in
> headers too? Also, my field is DocProperty for which I have several custom
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> > > In Word 2000, can you unlink a specified field throughout the
> > > document in one shot?

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Stefan Blom - 05 Oct 2006 10:08 GMT

> Graham's article provides examples for searching all stories of a
> document.

Correction: Greg's article.

Sorry!

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> But, as far as I can tell, it does not explain how to find a
> specific "flavor" of a field, for example, how to find { DOCPROPERTY
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> > > > In Word 2000, can you unlink a specified field throughout the
> > > > document in one shot?

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Greg Maxey - 05 Oct 2006 11:30 GMT

Stefan,

Apparently you where paying closer attention to the question than me ;-)

I will add an example of looking to this level in the article when I get a
chance.

Thanks.

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http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

> Graham's article provides examples for searching all stories of a
> document. But, as far as I can tell, it does not explain how to find a
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>>>> In Word 2000, can you unlink a specified field throughout the
>>>> document in one shot?

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