Stop Word 2007 updates to fields before printing

[Lydia]

I do not want Word 2007 to update the fields before I print a particular 500
page document so I have cleared the checkbox (Word Options/Display/Printing
Options). Even with this check box cleared, Word still goes through the
motions of updating the fields. I need this option turned off or it takes
several minutes just to print one page. Is there another location to turn off
the update fields in Word 2007?

 

[Stefan Blom]

You can lock the fields to prevent them from updating. To lock all fields in
the selection, press Ctrl+F11. (Later, if you want to unlock the selected
fields, use Ctrl+Shift+F11.)

Note that if you have fields in the headers and/or footers, you will have to
select and lock those fields separately.