Update Fields in Footnotes

[Debra Ann]

Word 2003

I have the following two sets of code but neither updates fields that are
placed in my footnotes. What code do I need to get the footnotes updated?

Selection.WholeStory
Selection.Fields.Update

ActiveDocument.Fields.Update

 

[Stefan Blom]

Generally, you can use the macro at
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm to update fields in all stories
(headers, footers, text boxes, and so on). However, this does not seem to
work (reliably) for fields in footnotes. You may want to ask in a
programming newsgroup such as microsoft.public.word.vba.general for
assistance with this.

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[Graham Mayor]

The update macro you refer to should update fields contained in footnote
entries, and does so in my tests here - however it is true that sometimes
individual problematic story ranges may have to be addressed separately. If
you find that it doesn't update the fields in your document, let me know
more about the document and its fields that don't update.

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[Debra Ann]

Thanks for all. It did update the footnote fields from what I tested also.

 

[Debra Ann]

One more question, is there a way to get it to not have the popup "you cannot
update this command, do you wish to continue?"

Thanks,

 

[Stefan Blom]

Actually, when testing it again, it seems to work as advertised in my test
document. I don't know what went wrong the first time.

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