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Subject:Re: Word coding question From:"David M. Brown" <dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com> To:"Holstad, Scott" <holstads -at- zuk -dot- com> Date:Thu, 02 Mar 2000 20:18:09 -0800
"Holstad, Scott" wrote:
>
> ... someone suggested I press Alt + F9. This ... brought out a
> number of codes (like those below) which can be seen throughout the whole
> document, including the footers. I can't seem to eliminate them...
>
> { SEQ chapter\h\* MERGEFORMAT }Service Bulletins
Press Alt+F9 again. It's a toggle to show/hide fields.
(By the way, if you really want to *eliminate* a field, "roll" the insertion point over the bold brace at either end to select the entire field, then press Delete. The field will disappear just like a normal character.)
--David
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