Hi,

Does anyone know if there is a way to convert text into field codes?

John

I don't know how much utility you can achieve with this, but I suppose
you could do it with a macro. Select the text and run:

Sub Scratchmacro()
Dim oRng As Word.Range
Dim pText As String
Set oRng = Selection.Range
pText = oRng.Text
oRng.Delete
oRng.Fields.Add oRng, wdFieldEmpty, pText
End Sub

Select the text.
Press Ctrl-F9
Press F9

The following does this after you've selected the text but I don't know that
it is any easier to use than the function keys:
Sub ChangeToField()
'
' Macro recorded 5/23/2006 by Charles Kyle Kenyon
'
Selection.Fields.Add _
Range:=Selection.Range, _
Type:=wdFieldEmpty, _
PreserveFormatting:=False
Selection.Fields.Update
End Sub

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Hi,

Does anyone know if there is a way to convert text into field codes?

John