Microsoft KB Archive/37849

= Updating Field Moves Insertion Point to Beginning of Field =

Article ID: 37849

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0a
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q37849



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word for Windows, updating a field or the result of a field while the insertion point is positioned in the middle of the field may cause the insertion point to move to an unexpected position.

If the field code itself is displayed and Field Codes is not chosen on the View menu, when you update the field using the F9 key, the field result displays and the insertion point moves to the beginning of the result regardless of where it was positioned previously. If the field code is displayed as a result of Field Codes being selected on the View menu, then updating the field does not affect the position of the insertion point.

If the result of a field code is displayed (rather than the field code itself), when you update the field with the F9 key, the insertion point moves to the end of the result regardless of where it was positioned previously.

In all cases, if the insertion point is positioned at the beginning of the field code, it remains in this position even after updating the field with the F9 key.

Additional query words: winword 6.0 1.x 2.0 word6 word7 7.0 word95 winword2 word97

Keywords: kbfield KB37849

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