WD97: Macro to Determine Whether a Form Field Exists

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   Sub DoesFormFieldExist()
      If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("Text1") Then
         MsgBox "The form field Text1 does exist."
      Else
         MsgBox "The form field Text1 does not exist."
      End If
   End Sub
				

For more information about the Exists method, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type Exists method, click Search, and then click to view "Exists method."

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