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File names and table of contents look weird in my doc
Thread poster: BAmary (X)
BAmary (X)
BAmary (X)  Identity Verified
Canada
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Oct 18, 2005

I'm working with a doc that has a table of contents (the ones you can update and include the latest changes in the document). The document looks fine in my colleague computer, but when I open it in mine, the username and the table of contents look like this:

USERNAME \* MERGEFORMAT

or

FILENAME \ p

To see them as normal text in my doc, I need to right click and toggle the fields. But that only lasts until and minimize or close the doc! Any sug... See more
I'm working with a doc that has a table of contents (the ones you can update and include the latest changes in the document). The document looks fine in my colleague computer, but when I open it in mine, the username and the table of contents look like this:

USERNAME \* MERGEFORMAT

or

FILENAME \ p

To see them as normal text in my doc, I need to right click and toggle the fields. But that only lasts until and minimize or close the doc! Any suggestions to change this? ▲ Collapse
 
Hynek Palatin
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Field codes Oct 18, 2005

Go to: Tools - Options and uncheck "Field codes" on the View tab.
 
Endre Both
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Germany
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There's a setting in Word for that Oct 18, 2005

In MS Word, you can toggle between viewing field codes or field results. On your system, Word seems to be set to displaying codes instead of field results.

To change it, go to the following menu:
Tools/Options/View

...and make sure "Field codes" is deselected.

Good luck
Endre
 
BAmary (X)
BAmary (X)  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 20:14
English to Spanish
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Thanks!! Oct 18, 2005

Hynek Palatin wrote:

Go to: Tools - Options and uncheck "Field codes" on the View tab.


Thanks so much to both of you! I've trying to solve this for a couple of days, but I didn't seem to find the right tab!
 


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