I recently upgraded from Office 2003 to Office 2007. Now when I open a Word
document, all of the fields display their codes rather than their contents,
requiring me to select everything, right-click, and select "Toggle field
codes". Is there a way to start Word 2007 with field contents displayed (as
was the case with Word 2003)?

This should work the same as in Word 2003. Note that if there are multiple
documents open in a Word session, you may not have full control over which
setting gets saved when you exit the application. Therefore it might be a
good idea to change the setting with only one document open.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I recently upgraded from Office 2003 to Office 2007. Now when I open a
>Word
> document, all of the fields display their codes rather than their
> contents,
> requiring me to select everything, right-click, and select "Toggle field
> codes". Is there a way to start Word 2007 with field contents displayed
> (as
> was the case with Word 2003)?

Word retains the last used setting and is easily toggled with ALT+F9

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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John wrote:
> I recently upgraded from Office 2003 to Office 2007. Now when I open
> a Word document, all of the fields display their codes rather than
> their contents, requiring me to select everything, right-click, and
> select "Toggle field codes". Is there a way to start Word 2007 with
> field contents displayed (as was the case with Word 2003)?

Thanks, Graham!
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- John