Problems with Auto-Text Entries and Formula entries

Posted: 05-24-2006, 05:49 AM
I am having a difficult time trying to figure out how to explain this
problem, but here goes. If you create a new notebook, the create date
usually shows up in the upper right. Rather than a date, I am getting
{CREATEDATE}. Also, formulas such as SUM(ABOVE) show up as {=sum(above)
\#"$#,##0.00.

Page numbers in my footers do not show up they look like {PAGE}. An
interesting thing is that when I do a Print Preview, I see the actual
values. I just started having this problem. I don't know what could
have caused it. I have not had any crashes with Word. But I need some
help. All of my proposal and order forms are broke!!!

Terry Hatmaker

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Re: Problems with Auto-Text Entries and Formula entries
Posted: 05-24-2006, 09:36 AM
In article <1148446196.227127.11520@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups. com>,
Terry Hatmaker <terryhatmaker@comcast.net> wrote:
> I am having a difficult time trying to figure out how to explain this
> problem, but here goes. If you create a new notebook, the create date
> usually shows up in the upper right. Rather than a date, I am getting
> {CREATEDATE}. Also, formulas such as SUM(ABOVE) show up as {=sum(above)
> \#"$#,##0.00.
>
> Page numbers in my footers do not show up they look like {PAGE}. An
> interesting thing is that when I do a Print Preview, I see the actual
> values. I just started having this problem. I don't know what could
> have caused it. I have not had any crashes with Word. But I need some
> help. All of my proposal and order forms are broke!!!
Oh no they aren't!

There is a shortcut key to toggle between displaying the contents of
fields as source or to show the result for all fields in the document.
It is opt-F9 by default.

You may also toggle between source and result on a single field by
conrol-clicking on it. The contextual menu offers the toggle.

Read all about it in help. try a search for "show hide field codes"

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Re: Problems with Auto-Text Entries and Formula entries
Posted: 05-24-2006, 12:39 PM
Thanks,

I got up this morning and figured it out! But I didn't know the opt-F9
toggle.

Terry

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Re: Problems with Auto-Text Entries and Formula entries
Posted: 05-24-2006, 01:26 PM
In article <1148470763.390899.22030@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>,
Terry Hatmaker <terryhatmaker@comcast.net> wrote:
> Thanks,
>
> I got up this morning and figured it out!
Isn't it always the way?
> But I didn't know the opt-F9 toggle.
Yep. It is worth exploring all the variations of F9 in Word. They are
mostly about managing and editing and displaying fields - a very useful
part of the product.

It is worth hunting Exposé off F9 everything, just so you can stop your
head exploding while playing with fields in Word. (Use System Prefs »
keyboard shortcuts to do that)

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