WD97: How to Automatically Update Fields

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article provides a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro example that automatically updates all fields--including the fields in the header and footer--in a Word 97 document or template.

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1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.

2. In the Visual Basic Project window, expand the Project(<Document/ Template Name>) folder.

3. Double-click "ThisDocument."

4. In the Code window, type either of the following macros:

   - To run the macro when you open the document, type the following code:

           Sub AutoOpen()
              For Each aStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
                 aStory.Fields.Update
              Next aStory
           End Sub
   
       - To run the macro when you create a new document, type the following
         code:
   
            Sub AutoNew()
               For Each aStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
                  aStory.Fields.Update
               Next aStory
            End Sub
   
   

5. On the File menu, click Save <Document/Template Name>.

6. Close the Visual Basic Editor.

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q122991
   TITLE     : How to Create a Template That Automatically Updates All
               Fields

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173707
   TITLE     : OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for 
               Applications