Update fields in entire document in Word 2003

[Guest]

I used to be able to "select all" and enter F9 to update all fields in a word
document (back in Word 2000). Since I switched to Word 2002 and 2003 I have
to select each field and update individually. This is a real pain for large
documents with lots of cross references. Is there some option I need to
select to get this feature to work again?

 

[Greg Maxey]

Sandor,

I don't know why that isn't working for you?

See the section on updating fields:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Field_Macros.htm
for a macro to update all fields in a document.

 

[Guest]

I found the problem. I had added a text box at the beginning of the
document. The F9 update hangs on the text box. I also found another bug
where updates to heading text cross-references don't update the last letter
in the heading text. I've got a sample document demonstrating the bugs and
I'll try to send it to Microsoft.