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Summary: Fields provide a great way to insert dynamic information in your documents. Using the Ctrl+Shift+F9 shortcut, you can convert field results to straight text. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)
Special fields have a great number of uses in Word. You already know that you can use fields to insert everything from the date and time to summary information for a document. There may be times, however, when you don't want to use a field for information.
As an example, let's say that you have a template that includes a field for today's date in it. When you create a document based on the template, today's date appears in the document. You make changes to the document, and then save it to disk. When you later open the document, instead of the original date, it contains the date of when you opened the file.
To get around this, you need to change the field contents to plain text before you save the file. In this instance, you would follow these steps:
That's it. The next time you open the document, the date remains unchanged. You can also use this technique with any other field to convert it to text.
Tip #1035 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
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