My question was never answered

L

Linda

I asked a question on 9/3 about AutoText fields, and the
answer given did not work. I responded to the answer, and
now I can't find my original question or any follow-up to
it on the list of questions.

When one of my users inserts an AutoText field (Insert \
AutoText \ Filname and path...) they get garbage
characters including boxes and text - they don't get the
filename or path. Reinstalling Windows 2000 didn't help.
The Field Codes are not turned on (Alt+F9). How can this
be corrected?
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Does this happen in all documents or just a specific one? Is it possible
that the AutoText entry is corrupted? What happens if you use Insert | Field
to insert the FileName field? Or if you press Ctrl+F9, type "FILENAME \p"
(without the quotation marks) between the braces, and F9 to update?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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