WD: Update Field Key (F9) Updates Only Selected Fields

ID: Q60587

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 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 for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SUMMARY

In Word, the update field key (F9) operates only on the selected field or fields. Fields outside the selected area are not updated.

The "More Information" section of this article contains a WordBasic macro that you can use to update all fields in the active document.

MORE INFORMATION

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   Sub MAIN
      ' This macro updates all fields excluding fields
      ' in Headers and Footers.
      EditSelectAll
      UpdateFields
   End Sub

NOTE: You can update the standard UpdateFields macro to use the code from this macro instead. Or, you can assign this macro to the F9 key to force all fields to be updated when you press F9.

For information about how to do this in Word 97, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q159824 WD97: How to Automatically Update Fields

Additional query words:

Keywords : wordnt kbmacroexample winword macword word6 winword2 word7 word95 macword6 word
Version : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1; WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a,2.0,2.0a,2.0a-CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; winnt:6.0
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbinfo