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Way back when.........I used to be able to add a comment box to a document
(in the older version, can't remember which version). The comment box would not show up in the document unless you moved your mouse over a certain area in the document. In Word 2003, I am unable to do the same type of idea. In Word 2003, I have to add a comment box/balloon, however, when I do that it shows up in the actual document and displaces the text within the document (sending the document to 2 pages). Does anyone know if you can do it the old way in Word 2003? -- Lynne |
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Lynne wrote:
Way back when.........I used to be able to add a comment box to a document (in the older version, can't remember which version). The comment box would not show up in the document unless you moved your mouse over a certain area in the document. In Word 2003, I am unable to do the same type of idea. In Word 2003, I have to add a comment box/balloon, however, when I do that it shows up in the actual document and displaces the text within the document (sending the document to 2 pages). Does anyone know if you can do it the old way in Word 2003? Try the method I described in http://groups.google.com/group/micro...1c6f903e?hl=en for using the tooltip of an otherwise empty AutoTextList field. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Hi Jay,
I did that and I am left with the "field code" on the screen, how do I exit from what I have on the screen? -- Lynne "Jay Freedman" wrote: Lynne wrote: Way back when.........I used to be able to add a comment box to a document (in the older version, can't remember which version). The comment box would not show up in the document unless you moved your mouse over a certain area in the document. In Word 2003, I am unable to do the same type of idea. In Word 2003, I have to add a comment box/balloon, however, when I do that it shows up in the actual document and displaces the text within the document (sending the document to 2 pages). Does anyone know if you can do it the old way in Word 2003? Try the method I described in http://groups.google.com/group/micro...1c6f903e?hl=en for using the tooltip of an otherwise empty AutoTextList field. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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First, did you actually insert a field (with Ctrl+F9 to insert the field
markers) or did you just paste in what was shown in the post? Second, if you did insert a field, select it and press F9 to update it, or right-click and choose Update Field. On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:09:01 -0700, Lynne wrote: Hi Jay, I did that and I am left with the "field code" on the screen, how do I exit from what I have on the screen? -- Lynne "Jay Freedman" wrote: Lynne wrote: Way back when.........I used to be able to add a comment box to a document (in the older version, can't remember which version). The comment box would not show up in the document unless you moved your mouse over a certain area in the document. In Word 2003, I am unable to do the same type of idea. In Word 2003, I have to add a comment box/balloon, however, when I do that it shows up in the actual document and displaces the text within the document (sending the document to 2 pages). Does anyone know if you can do it the old way in Word 2003? Try the method I described in http://groups.google.com/group/micro...1c6f903e?hl=en for using the tooltip of an otherwise empty AutoTextList field. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Hi Jay,
Clicking right and then "update field" worked. However, I received an error message that reads "Error! Bookmark not defined. Any ideas? Lynne -- Lynne "Jay Freedman" wrote: First, did you actually insert a field (with Ctrl+F9 to insert the field markers) or did you just paste in what was shown in the post? Second, if you did insert a field, select it and press F9 to update it, or right-click and choose Update Field. On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:09:01 -0700, Lynne wrote: Hi Jay, I did that and I am left with the "field code" on the screen, how do I exit from what I have on the screen? -- Lynne "Jay Freedman" wrote: Lynne wrote: Way back when.........I used to be able to add a comment box to a document (in the older version, can't remember which version). The comment box would not show up in the document unless you moved your mouse over a certain area in the document. In Word 2003, I am unable to do the same type of idea. In Word 2003, I have to add a comment box/balloon, however, when I do that it shows up in the actual document and displaces the text within the document (sending the document to 2 pages). Does anyone know if you can do it the old way in Word 2003? Try the method I described in http://groups.google.com/group/micro...1c6f903e?hl=en for using the tooltip of an otherwise empty AutoTextList field. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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A bit of explanation:
When you insert a field that doesn't have a "keyword" in the first position, or if the keyword you think you have is actually misspelled so that Word doesn't recognize it, then Word assumes that the field is a REF field (a reference to a bookmark) with the first word being the name of the referenced bookmark. When a REF field points to a bookmark that doesn't exist, then you get the error message you mentioned. Right-click the field (the error message) and choose Toggle Field Code. Look carefully at the field code -- the first word there should be AutoTextList. If it isn't exactly that word, then you'll get an error. While you're in there, compare the rest of the field code, especially the punctuation, to the code I posted, { AutoTextList "display text" \s NoStyle \t "Put the definition here" } Change only the text between the quotation marks. After you fix the code, update the field again. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:41:01 -0700, Lynne wrote: Hi Jay, Clicking right and then "update field" worked. However, I received an error message that reads "Error! Bookmark not defined. Any ideas? Lynne -- Lynne "Jay Freedman" wrote: First, did you actually insert a field (with Ctrl+F9 to insert the field markers) or did you just paste in what was shown in the post? Second, if you did insert a field, select it and press F9 to update it, or right-click and choose Update Field. On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:09:01 -0700, Lynne wrote: Hi Jay, I did that and I am left with the "field code" on the screen, how do I exit from what I have on the screen? -- Lynne "Jay Freedman" wrote: Lynne wrote: Way back when.........I used to be able to add a comment box to a document (in the older version, can't remember which version). The comment box would not show up in the document unless you moved your mouse over a certain area in the document. In Word 2003, I am unable to do the same type of idea. In Word 2003, I have to add a comment box/balloon, however, when I do that it shows up in the actual document and displaces the text within the document (sending the document to 2 pages). Does anyone know if you can do it the old way in Word 2003? Try the method I described in http://groups.google.com/group/micro...1c6f903e?hl=en for using the tooltip of an otherwise empty AutoTextList field. |
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