How to Convert Field Results to Text in Microsoft Word

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When you insert a field into a Microsoft Word 2003 document, this field result will automatically update itself. For instance, each time you access a document with a date field, the date will update. You may want that date to remain the same and not switch to the current date. In this situation, you would need to convert that field result to text in your Word document.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Microsoft Word 2003

Step1

Start Microsoft Word and open an existing file that creates a field in it that you want to display as text instead of a field result. You also have the option of starting a new blank document and inserting a field code into the document.

Step2

Select the field result in your document that you want to display as text by highlighting the field result text with your mouse. The selection will be highlighted with a dark gray indicating you have selected a field result.

Step3

Use the keyboard shortcut of CTRL+SHIFT+F9. The selected field will now be changed to hard text instead of the field result.

Step4

Choose the "File" menu and click the "Save" button when you are finished working on the document. The next time you open the document, the text will be displayed instead of the field result.

Tips & Warnings

Any other fields in the document will still be displayed as field results unless you specifically select them and use the keyboard shortcut of CTRL+SHIFT+F9 to change them to display text instead of the field result. You must change each field result one at a time using this method.