Microsoft KB Archive/181785

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WD98: How to Automatically Update Fields

Article ID: 181785

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q181785

SUMMARY

This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that automatically updates all fields, including the fields in the header and footer, in a Word 98 Macintosh Edition document or template.

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To create a macro that updates all fields in a document or template, follow these 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()
         For Each aStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
            aStory.Fields.Update
         Next aStory
      End Sub
                           

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

       Sub AutoNew()
          For Each aStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
             aStory.Fields.Update
          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 runs and updates all fields in the document or template.


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

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

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

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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