KB183302 - WD98: Macro to Turn All Field Codes On and Off

Article ID: 183302

Article Last Modified on 7/13/2007

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q183302

SUMMARY

This article discusses two methods for turning fields codes on or off. The first method adds a built-in button to the Standard toolbar. The second method uses Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications to create a macro that turns all field codes in a document on or off.

MORE INFORMATION

USe one of the following methods to toggle fields codes on or off.

Method 1: Add the built-in View Field Codes button to the Standard toolbar

On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize.
Click the Commands tab.
In the Categories list, click View.
In the Commands list, click View Field Codes.
Drag View Field Codes to the Standard toolbar. Release the mouse button when you see a vertical bar indicating the location on the toolbar where the command will be inserted.

For more information about adding a command to a menu, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Word Help, type the following text

menus, commands

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Add a command or other item to a menu" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Method 2: Use the ShowFieldCodes property

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following Visual Basic macro uses the ShowFieldCodes property and displays a message in the status bar to indicate whether field codes are on or off. The StatusBar command can be replaced by other commands depending on the purpose of the macro.

   Sub ToggleAllFieldCodes()
      If ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes Then
         ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = False
         StatusBar = "Field Codes Off"
      Else
         ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = True
         StatusBar = "Fields Codes On"
      End If
   End Sub

Method 3: Toggle the Field Code viewing On or Off

The following two code examples use a simpler approach to the previous example; however, in these examples there is no error trap for the current field code state.

Example 1:

   ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = Not ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes

Example 2:

   ActiveWindow.Document.Fields.ToggleShowCodes

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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