WD: Word Fields Include Spaces at Beginning and End

Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
Article ID: Q109831

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word, any fields inserted from menus or by pressing CTRL+F9 (COMMAND+F9 in Word for the Macintosh) include a space at the beginning and a space at the end. Earlier versions of Word do not include these extra spaces.

This may be a problem if a macro written for a previous version of Word searches for a field code using ^19fieldname.

RESOLUTION

To find fields, the search must be modified to include a space between ^19 and the field name.

MORE INFORMATION

The extra spaces are provided for ease of reading the contents of the field.

Additional query words:
Keywords : kbfield macword ntword word6 word7 word8 word95 word97 wordnt macword98
Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a,97; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a,98
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
Solution Type : kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
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