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Only use this tag for Code Fields (inside of { }, viewable with Alt+F9) in MS Word

Fields are powerful tools available in .

They can be used for mailing/mergemail, document properties, calculations, ... and more!

More details in those articles :

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-using-word-fields/ http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/fields.htm http://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/word_fields.html

Lists of fields :

Word 2010, Word for Mac 2011

Word 2016, Word 2013, Word 2016 for Mac

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Display date difference in MS Word field

I have an CV and would like to automatically update my age when opening. So, what formula should I insert in a MS Word field? Something like: {= {DATE} - {"01/01/1983"} }
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How do you substring a MERGEFIELD in Word?

This one has me puzzled. It seemed like an easy task, but the solution eludes me: - How do you substring a merge field in a Word template used for mail merging? For example, I have something like {MERGEFIELD barcodevalue} and I want to extract the…
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Can you use a web service as a datasource for a mailmerge

Some clients of ours want to use data (SQL Server backend) in a web application we've developed to generate some documents (agreements, contracts, etc). They'd also prefer to have the document templates to be in a form they are familiar with and…
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Filling Word template fields with C#

Currently, if I create a Word Document Template with fields, and then fill them using C#, I do it similar to this... object missing = Type.Missing; Word.Application app = new Word.Application(); Word.Document doc = app.Documents.Open("file.doc", ref…
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How do I display the previous month in a MS Word field?

I would like to learn how to display the name of the month before the current month in a Word 2003 document. I have tried over and over again to follow the instructions I found on the link below, but no matter what I try I get one of several…
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Primitive MailMerge using just delimited field names

Obviously the correct way for our app to generate a Word document based on a template is to encourage the admin users (who will look after the templates) to embed the correct merge fields or bookmarks in the template document. However in the past we…
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Setting up a nested field in Word using VBA

I am building a large document in pieces from templates. Each template has a keyword #OVERALLPAGENUMBER# in the footer which I am programmatically replacing (using Excel VBA) with a field. If all I needed were that document's page number, the…
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How to refer to Word Field by name in VBA Code?

I want to update a word field content using VBA. I already have a code that works, but I have to refer to the field's index instead of field's name, which I would prefer. The code I have is as follows: Sub UpdateField() Dim myString As String …
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Date format with Quickpart Database in Word

I try to change the date format in a quickpart database function. The format is in American (mm/d/yyyy) but i want to change in the French format (dd.MM.yyyy). This is my code : DATABASE \d "C:\Users\taagede1\Dropbox\Samaritains\Soldes et …
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How do we add field code for Word using word javascript api

I want to add field code using word JavaScript API. I checked the API documentation but I found nothing regarding this. Is there a way to do it in this API?
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How do I display the next month in a Microsoft Word field?

I'm needing to display the name of the month after the current month in a Word 2003 document. It's fairly easy to display the current month: { DATE \@ "MMMM" } At the time of this writing, this displays: September What I'm wanting to display is…
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Remove MailMerge data source via OpenXML

I have some code that uses Open XML to open up a .docx file, find all MailMerge fields, and replace them with data (ignoring the datasource that may have been provided). I initially tested this against a document created in Office 2007 and it seemed…
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Using VBA in MS Word 2007 to define page elements?

I'd like to be able to create a page element which I can feed text and it will form itself into the preferred layout. For instance: {MACRO DocumentIntro("Introduction to Business Studies", "FP015", "Teachers' Guide")} with that as a field, the…
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Mailmerge Field not always saved the same way in Word .docx

I have created a Word document with Word 2003 and inserted some MergeField via the GUI. I have saved it as a .docx by using Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats. Some Mergefields are stored as a…
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MS Word 2007 - How to set up placeholder text to mimic text but not formatting

I'm probably biting off more than I can chew with this particular problem, but I'll try to be as specific as possible in case it's within my scope. Disclaimer: I'm not terribly experienced with MS Word, beyond simple data entry/some formatting,…
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