One of the most annoying things about Word... updating fields Angus <anguscomber[ at ]gmail.com> 12/11/2008 2:21:40 PM Hello I know I am not alone in finding the way Word does not update field information frustrating. An example is to create a field based on advanced document properties. The best way to update the entire document I have found is to Ctrl A then F9. But this doesn't completely work because Ctrl A does not select text in headers and footers. Does anyone have a solution for this problem. ie how to update the whole document when you change a field properties. Angus

Re: One of the most annoying things about Word... updating fields "Stefan Blom" <no.spam[ at ]please.xyz> 12/11/2008 2:41:10 PM Note that fields in headers and footers usually update if you switch to Print Preview and then back to your current view. You can use Ctrl+F2 as a toggle. On the other hand, if you want a macro that updates all of the fields in a document, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Angus" <anguscomber[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:7dbe8517-e51f-480d-b3fa-5f59fa8ede69[ at ]e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hello > > I know I am not alone in finding the way Word does not update field > information frustrating. An example is to create a field based on > advanced document properties. The best way to update the entire > document I have found is to Ctrl A then F9. But this doesn't > completely work because Ctrl A does not select text in headers and > footers. > > Does anyone have a solution for this problem. ie how to update the > whole document when you change a field properties. > > Angus

Re: One of the most annoying things about Word... updating fields p0 <yves.dhondt[ at ]gmail.com> 12/11/2008 2:48:13 PM On Dec 11, 3:21 pm, Angus <anguscom...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello > > I know I am not alone in finding the way Word does not update field > information frustrating.  An example is to create a field based on > advanced document properties.  The best way to update the entire > document I have found is to Ctrl A then F9.  But this doesn't > completely work because Ctrl A does not select text in headers and > footers. > > Does anyone have a solution for this problem.  ie how to update the > whole document when you change a field properties. > > Angus The following macro should do the trick. Yves ===================================== Sub UpdateAllFields() Dim story As Range Application.ScreenUpdating = False For Each story In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges story.Fields.Update Next Application.ScreenUpdating = True End Sub =====================================