{username mergeformat} Say What???

[F. Edwin Felty]

Today, when I open documents that have inserted fields, I get the peculiar
{username mailmerge}. Help has shown me how to toggle back to the text
(Shift-F9), but it won't stick. As soon as I hit 'Print' or close and reopen
the document, it's back. Help also has shown me that I can turn the inserted
field into plain text (Ctrl-Shift-F9), but that defeats the purpose of the
field. This is the first time this has happened and on more than one
document. I don't know how I turned this 'on', but can someone tell how to
turn it off. That doesn't seem to be covered in the Help files.

Thanks,

Eddie in Colorado Springs

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[Greg Maxey]

Eddie,

Tools>Options>View>Show. Uncheck field codes.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Also make sure that you don't have "Field codes" checked on the Print tab.

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[F. Edwin Felty]

Eddie,

Tools>Options>View>Show. Uncheck field codes.

OK...great! and thanks again. I guess I thought 'field codes' were part of
formatting marks.

Thaanks again!

Eddie in Colorado Springs

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