Microsoft KB Archive/159968

= WD97: Macro to Turn All Field Codes On and Off =

Article ID: 159968

Article Last Modified on 7/13/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q159968





SUMMARY
This article discusses two methods for turning fields codes on or off. The first method adds a built-in button to the Standard toolbar. The second method uses Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications to create a macro that turns all field codes in a document on or off.



MORE INFORMATION
Use one of the following methods to toggle fields codes on or off.

Method 1: Add the built-in View Field Codes button to the Standard toolbar

 * 1) On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize.
 * 2) Click the Commands tab.
 * 3) In the Categories list, click View.
 * 4) In the Commands list, click View Field Codes.
 * 5) Drag View Field Codes to the Standard toolbar. Release the mouse button when you see a vertical bar indicating the location on the toolbar where the command will be inserted.

For more information about adding a command to a menu, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Word Help, type the following text

menus, commands

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Add a command or other item to a menu" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Method 2: Use the ShowFieldCodes property
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The following Visual Basic macro uses the ShowFieldCodes property and displays a message in the status bar to indicate whether field codes are on or off. The StatusBar command can be replaced by other commands depending on the purpose of the macro. Sub ToggleAllFieldCodes If ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes Then ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = False StatusBar = "Field Codes Off" Else ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = True StatusBar = "Fields Codes On" End If  End Sub

Method 3: Toggling Field Code Viewing On or Off
The following two code examples are a simpler approach to the previous code; however; there is no trap for the current field code state.

Example 1: ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = Not ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes Example 2: ActiveWindow.Document.Fields.ToggleShowCodes For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

