references showing up like: PAGEREF More_Info \h}

[Wolfgang]

I have been using a document with embedded references, such as

(See page 97 for more information.)

Suddenly, those and other referenced show up as

(See {PAGEREF More_Info \h} for more information.)

Does anybody out there have an idea on what's going on and how I can
fix the problem.

Thanks,

Wolfgang,
Santab

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Wolfgang,

Those are the field codes. You can press Alt+F9 to toggle between field
codes and field results. Alternatively, go to Tools > Options > View and
check or uncheck the box for "Field codes".

You can toggle any one field at a time by selecting it and pressing
Shift+F9, or right-clicking it and selecting "Toggle Field Code". The Alt+F9
shortcut affects all fields at once.

 

[Wolfgang]

Thanks, Jay'. Your suggestion works fine for page references, but
some other references still remain cryptic, for example

{XE "toString()"}{XE "String:toString()"}

Even after switching the entire document with Tools > Options > View
and unchecking box for "Field codes", threre remain some cryptic
references like the one above.

What can I do about those?

Wolfgang

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Although those are field codes (they're index entry fields), they don't
respond to Alt+F9. But they are formatted as Hidden text, so toggling the
display of nonprinting characters (Ctrl+*) should disappear them.

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

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Wolfgang,

The XE fields are different -- they're formatted with the Hidden font
attribute, so you switch them off by clicking the ¶ button on the toolbar.
(Before you turn them off, look carefully and you should be able to see the
dotted underline that indicates Hidden text.)

 

[Wolfgang]

I do see the faint dotted underline.
Both Ctrl+* (Susan) and clicking the ¶ button (Jay) only switch the
hidden font attributes ON, so now I see ¶ signs after every
paragraph, and dots (.) for every space in addition to the funny
{XE "toString()"}{XE "String:toString()"}

Wolfgang

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In that case, "Hidden text" is checked on the View tab of Tools | Options,
and you must clear the check box. The ¶ button just toggles between display
of *all* nonprinting characters and any specific ones you have checked on
the View tab.

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

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Wolfgang,

If there is other hidden text in the document that you want to be able to
see, without the XE fields altering the layout of the document, use the
following macro:

' Macro created 21 March 1999 by Doug Robbins to hide XE fields
'
Dim axe As Field
For Each axe In ActiveDocument.Fields
axe.Select
If Mid(Selection.Text, 3, 2) = "XE" Then
RangeStart =
Selection.Information(wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage)
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
RangeEnd = Selection.Information(wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage)
RangeLength = RangeEnd - RangeStart
axe.Select
Selection.Font.ColorIndex = wdWhite
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Selection.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldEmpty,
Text:= _
"ADVANCE \l " & RangeLength & """, PreserveFormatting:=False"
End If
Next axe

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Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP