Microsoft KB Archive/137439

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WD: How to Unlink Form Fields

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Q137439

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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 for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

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SYMPTOMS
The Unlink Field keyboard shortcut, CTRL+SHIFT+F9(command+SHIFT+F9 in Word for the Macintosh) does not unlink form fields. That is, it does not convert form field results to text.

WORKAROUND
This article describes a macro that converts all form fields to text. Check boxes are converted to either a "1" (if the box was selected) or a "0" (if the box was not selected). If you will use the macro frequently, you can assign it to a toolbar, menu, or keyboard shortcut.

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"http://support.microsoft.com/directory/overview.asp"   Sub MAIN Dim DocState If CommandValid("ToolsUnprotectDocument") Then ToolsUnprotectDocument .DocumentPassword = "" DocState = 1 EndIf EditSelectAll UnlinkFields StartOfDocument ViewFieldCodes 1 EditFind .Find = "^d" While EditFindFound ViewFieldCodes EditCut EditPasteSpecial .DataType = "Text" ViewFieldCodes 1 EditFind Wend If docstate = 1 And CommandValid("ToolsProtectDocument") Then ToolsProtectDocument .DocumentPassword = "", .NoReset = 1, \ .Type = 2 EndIf End Sub Additional query words: WordBasic automatic automatically keystroke

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