Microsoft KB Archive/118438

= WD: Reference to Hidden Bookmarks and ASK Fields Are Also Hidden =

Article ID: 118438

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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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 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q118438



SYMPTOMS
When you update a reference to bookmarked text or to an ASK field that has been formatted as hidden, the reference field result is also formatted as hidden text.



CAUSE
By design, the format applied to the bookmarked text or the ASK field is acquired by the result.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use any of the following methods:

 Remove the Hidden attribute from the ASK field or the bookmarked text. -or-

 Use the \* CHARFORMAT switch on the reference field to apply the formatting of the field type's first character to the entire result. In the following example, you would select the "r" in "ref" and format the "r" as not hidden to produce a result that is not hidden:

{ref name \* charformat}



