Sever link to field code

[gwh]

Hi all,

I have a document containing a whole heap of field codes, ie. auto text
lists. Now that I've finished entering the info from the auto text
list, I'd like to be able to break the link to the field codes so that
it's all just plain text.

Can someone tell me how I do this?

Thanks for any help offered.

 

[Elliott Roper]

Dear [whoever],

Just drag over the text (quickly; no need to select actual words) and key
Command-Shift-F9.

If you have no such fields that you want to retain, such as a table of
contents or StyleRef fields in headers, you could select the entire document
(Command-a) then key Command-Shift-F9.

(If you are using a PowerBook / MacBook Pro or iBook / whatever the new name
is today, you will need to hold down the ³fn² key before hitting the F9 key,
as for all the F keys on Mac laptop keyboards.)

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
In freezing Canberra

Clive oh Clive! Are you still using that slab of aluminium? And you
have not been to system preferences to turn the fn key to do the
opposite? Like press fn-f2 to increase the screen brightness and get
all your function keys back on the keyboard?

Elliott
In warm and sunny Peak District.
(I felt homesick for a second on Saturday. It was a nice comfy 30ºC.
Because the neighbours' poddy calves are eating down our back field,
when I got the beer and meat out of the barn fridge for a barbie, I got
surrounded by a swarm of flies that would have done the Berrima pub
proud.)

 

[gwh]

Thanks for info - great help!

Dear [whoever],

Just drag over the text (quickly; no need to select actual words) and key
Command-Shift-F9.

If you have no such fields that you want to retain, such as a table of
contents or StyleRef fields in headers, you could select the entire document
(Command-a) then key Command-Shift-F9.

(If you are using a PowerBook / MacBook Pro or iBook / whatever the new name
is today, you will need to hold down the ³fn² key before hitting the F9 key,
as for all the F keys on Mac laptop keyboards.)

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
In freezing Canberra

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Hi all,

I have a document containing a whole heap of field codes, ie. auto text
lists. Now that I've finished entering the info from the auto text
list, I'd like to be able to break the link to the field codes so that
it's all just plain text.

Can someone tell me how I do this?

Thanks for any help offered.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Ahhh.... Welcome Back Elliott

Normal service has been resumed, I see

Still struggling to choke down warm weak beer in a cold rainy climate are
we?

Cheers

Dear [whoever],

Just drag over the text (quickly; no need to select actual words) and key
Command-Shift-F9.

If you have no such fields that you want to retain, such as a table of
contents or StyleRef fields in headers, you could select the entire document
(Command-a) then key Command-Shift-F9.

(If you are using a PowerBook / MacBook Pro or iBook / whatever the new name
is today, you will need to hold down the ³fn² key before hitting the F9 key,
as for all the F keys on Mac laptop keyboards.)

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
In freezing Canberra

Clive oh Clive! Are you still using that slab of aluminium? And you
have not been to system preferences to turn the fn key to do the
opposite? Like press fn-f2 to increase the screen brightness and get
all your function keys back on the keyboard?

Elliott
In warm and sunny Peak District.
(I felt homesick for a second on Saturday. It was a nice comfy 30ºC.
Because the neighbours' poddy calves are eating down our back field,
when I got the beer and meat out of the barn fridge for a barbie, I got
surrounded by a swarm of flies that would have done the Berrima pub
proud.)

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