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Diane - 11 Oct 2007 20:25 GMT

Group,
While trying to update fields in a document, I am continuously getting the
error: "One or more of the fields in the selection could not be updated".
I've done the same steps for months, (ie, type the doc, insert the fields,
ctrl+a, F9 to update). When I print my documents, it truly is not updating
the fields, I've deleted the fields and re-entered, and still the same error.
This error is not only appearing on one field, but several.
Any suggestions on what this problem could be related to?
Diane

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Graham Mayor - 12 Oct 2007 10:40 GMT

What kind of fields?
Which Word version?

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> Group,
> While trying to update fields in a document, I am continuously
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> Any suggestions on what this problem could be related to?
> Diane

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Diane - 12 Oct 2007 15:15 GMT

Graham,
I'm using the DOCVARIABLE field with Word 2003, many of documents that I've
tested have several DOCVARIABLES:

DOCVARIABLE ADDRS
DOCVARIABLE CITY
DOCVARIABLE STATE

Dear DOCVARIABLE SALUTE:

It's a beautiful day, {Docvariable NAME1}, xxxxxx

I complete the letter with other DOCVARIABLES, select ctrl+a, F9, and then
the error appears, "One or more of the fields in the selection could not be
updated".

I'm beginning to think I'm crazy that I've used the steps of Ctrl+a, F9 for
the updates without having the error in the past. As I'm researching the
update fields, it seems that I'm finding the F9 will only update one field,
if that's the case, I couldn't have possibly been updating with the F9. I've
found a link to a macro that updates each field in the document, I will be
testing that, but I would like an explanation of what the error is referring
to, "One or more of the fields in the selection could not be updated".
Thanks for your interest in this post.
Diane

> What kind of fields?
> Which Word version?
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> > Any suggestions on what this problem could be related to?
> > Diane

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Graham Mayor - 13 Oct 2007 06:51 GMT

If you press ALT+F9 to display the fields, does this provide the clue? The
probability is that the docvariable fields are not seeing the variables.

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> Graham,
> I'm using the DOCVARIABLE field with Word 2003, many of documents
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>>> Any suggestions on what this problem could be related to?
>>> Diane

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Diane - 18 Oct 2007 14:35 GMT

Graham,
Just a follow-up on this post, my issue has been resolved. There is a macro
that is processed with this document, I was missing the "fields.update" in my
code. Once I added that, all was working.
Thanks for your interest in my post.
Diane

> If you press ALT+F9 to display the fields, does this provide the clue? The
> probability is that the docvariable fields are not seeing the variables.
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> >>> Any suggestions on what this problem could be related to?
> >>> Diane

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