WD98: Certain Characters Do Not Display in Field Result
Article ID: 197841
Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q197841
SYMPTOMS
The backslash ( \ ) and quotation mark ( " ) characters don't display
in field results as you intended.
For example, the field
{FILLIN "Type "M" or "F" in the box."}
results in the dialog box showing only the word
Type.
CAUSE
The backslash and quotation mark characters are special characters in
fields. The backslash is used to indicate the next character as a switch
command in the field. Quotation marks are used to enclose literal text
strings (see below) within a field.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use a backslash (with no space) before the
character you want to include. This tells Word that you want to include
this character in the text string.
Preface a quotation mark with \ to make it display in a field code.
For example, the field
{FILLIN "Type \"M\" or \"F\" in the box."}
appears in the dialog box as:
Type "M" or "F" in the box.
You must also use an extra backslash in an INCLUDE field when you indicate
a long Windows path. For example:
{INCLUDETEXT "<Macintosh Hard disk>:Microsoft Office 98:Start"}
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