WD97: Macro to Turn All Field Codes On and Off

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article discusses two methods for turning fields codes on or off. The first method adds a built-in button to the Standard toolbar. The second method uses Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications to create a macro that turns all field codes in a document on or off.

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Method 1: Add the built-in View Field Codes button to the Standard toolbar

1. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize.

2. Click the Commands tab.

3. In the Categories list, click View.

4. In the Commands list, click View Field Codes.

5. Drag View Field Codes to the Standard toolbar. Release the mouse button when you see a vertical bar indicating the location on the toolbar where the command will be inserted.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word 97 Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE: Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

Method 2: Use the ShowFieldCodes property

The following Visual Basic macro uses the ShowFieldCodes property and displays a message in the status bar to indicate whether field codes are on or off.

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   Sub ToggleAllFieldCodes()
      If ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes Then
         ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = False
         StatusBar = "Field Codes Off"
      Else
         ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = True
         StatusBar = "Fields Codes On"
      End If
   End Sub

Method 3: Use the following simpler approaches

The following two macro examples are a simpler approach, however there is no notification of the current field code state provided in the previous example.

Example 1:

   ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = Not ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes

   ActiveWindow.Document.Fields.ToggleShowCodes

   ARTICLE-ID: Q99954
   TITLE     : Macro to Toggle All Document Field Codes On and Off