Hi All, .
How does one make selected field information that's been inserted into a document become ordinary text? For example, I'd like to
programmatically use and modify the FILENAME after its insertion for purposes other than changing the name of the file.

tia
Gil Carter
Ten Second Medical Record

You can unlink the field(s) in the selection by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F9.

If you are saying that you want to use VBA to work with the field result,
you had better enclose the field in a bookmark before unlinking it. Then you
can access the contents of the bookmark via a macro. (Dependning on what you
want to accomplish, there might be a better approach, though.)

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"gil" wrote in message news:OYwwA%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi All, .
> How does one make selected field information that's been inserted into a
> document become ordinary text? For example, I'd like to programmatically
> use and modify the FILENAME after its insertion for purposes other than
> changing the name of the file.
>
> tia
> Gil Carter
> Ten Second Medical Record

Thanks Stefan,
I'll give her a go.

Gil

"Stefan Blom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:Or5O%(E-Mail Removed)...
> You can unlink the field(s) in the selection by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F9.
>
> If you are saying that you want to use VBA to work with the field result,
> you had better enclose the field in a bookmark before unlinking it. Then you
> can access the contents of the bookmark via a macro. (Dependning on what you
> want to accomplish, there might be a better approach, though.)
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
>
> "gil" wrote in message news:OYwwA%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi All, .
>> How does one make selected field information that's been inserted into a
>> document become ordinary text? For example, I'd like to programmatically
>> use and modify the FILENAME after its insertion for purposes other than
>> changing the name of the file.
>>
>> tia
>> Gil Carter
>> Ten Second Medical Record
>
>
>
>
>
>

You are welcome.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"gil" wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Stefan,
> I'll give her a go.
>
> Gil
>
> "Stefan Blom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Or5O%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> You can unlink the field(s) in the selection by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F9.
>>
>> If you are saying that you want to use VBA to work with the field result,
>> you had better enclose the field in a bookmark before unlinking it. Then
>> you
>> can access the contents of the bookmark via a macro. (Dependning on what
>> you
>> want to accomplish, there might be a better approach, though.)
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>>
>>
>> "gil" wrote in message news:OYwwA%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi All, .
>>> How does one make selected field information that's been inserted into a
>>> document become ordinary text? For example, I'd like to
>>> programmatically
>>> use and modify the FILENAME after its insertion for purposes other than
>>> changing the name of the file.
>>>
>>> tia
>>> Gil Carter
>>> Ten Second Medical Record
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>