Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: Getting Information About Fields.
Many of the tips on how to get the most out of Word involve the use of fields. The proper and creative use of fields can increase your productivity with Word quite substantially. The problem is, there is not printed information provided with Word that tells you how to use the fields. (The Word documentation is worthless in this area.) The best way you can get information about fields is to use the on-line documentation in the following manner:
Figure 1. The Field dialog box.
When you are through reviewing the help information on the field, you can close the Help window and continue with your use of Word.
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2015-12-02 15:17:13
This article is very close to what I wish to do, but doesn't quite get me where I wish to go.
I'm creating an instruction document. In it, I have a sequence of steps that can/will be repeated multiple times. Rather than inserting additional sections and retyping the same instructions, I'd like to state "Repeat steps n through n'" and I'd like to use have the values of n and n' update dynamically when the document is changed. Let us say, the form for which I am writing instructions is revised to include additional required steps. Having my document configured to dynamically update the referenced steps as they are renumbered in revisions of the document would significantly improve overall document quality
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