aI inserted a date from Insert Menu to automaticlly update. Box is gray but
it suppose to turn white after clicking out but it remains gray. How can I
turn that off?

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:23:01 -0700, "Roberta"
wrote:

aI inserted a date from Insert Menu to automaticlly update. Box is gray but
it suppose to turn white after clicking out but it remains gray. How can I
turn that off?

Go to Tools Options View. Set the Field shading dropdown to
"Never" or "When selected".

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Hi Roberta,

In Tools=Options=View change the setting for
highlighting fields to 'when selected'.

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"Roberta" wrote in message ...
aI inserted a date from Insert Menu to automaticlly update. Box is gray but
it suppose to turn white after clicking out but it remains gray. How can I
turn that off?
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