Article ID: 211352
Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q211352
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to unlink fields in the footer of a Microsoft Word document by using the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Unlink method, Word may stop responding (hang).
WORKAROUND
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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
To work around this issue, use the following sample Visual Basic macro:
Sub UnlinkFieldsinFooter()
' Switch to document footer.
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageFooter
' Select all text in the footer.
Selection.WholeStory
' Loop through fields in selection.
For Each afield In Selection.Fields
' If field type is a REF field.
If afield.Type = wdFieldRef Then
' Select the current field.
afield.Select
'Unlink the currently selected field.
afield.Unlink
End If
' Reselect all text in the footer.
Selection.WholeStory
Next afield
' Close footer return to document
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument
End Sub
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
212623 WD2000: Macro Programming Resources
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