Microsoft KB Archive/159824

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WD97: How to Automatically Update Fields

Article ID: 159824

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q159824

SUMMARY

This article provides a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro example that automatically updates all fields--including the fields in the header and footer--in a Word 97 document or template.

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To create a macro that updates all fields in a document or template, use the following steps:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
2. In the Visual Basic Project window, expand the Project(<Document/ Template Name>) folder.
3. Double-click "ThisDocument."
4. In the Code window, type either of the following macros:
   
   

   • To run the macro when you open the document, type the following code:

             Sub AutoOpen()
                Dim aStory As Range
                Dim aField As Field
                For Each aStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
                   For Each aField In aStory.Fields
                      aField.Update
                   Next aField
                Next aStory
             End Sub

   • To run the macro when you create a new document, type the following code:

              Sub AutoNew()
                Dim aStory As Range
                Dim aField As Field
                For Each aStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
                   For Each aField In aStory.Fields
                      aField.Update
                   Next aField
                Next aStory
              End Sub
                                     

5. On the File menu, click Save <Document/Template Name>.
6. Close the Visual Basic Editor.

Each time you open or create a document, the macro will run and update all fields in the document or template.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe update updating auto automatic automatically autoupdate autonew autoopen updatefields

Keywords: kbhowto kbmacroexample kbualink97 kbusage KB159824

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