There is a difference between unlink and lock. The difference is that
locking maintains the field structure and you can later unlock. This may not
matter with what you are doing. For me, it often does matter. Unlinking,
essentially, is permanent. On the other hand, it is a method rather than a
property.
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Charles Kenyon

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"S.P." wrote in message
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Thank you so much!
I found your own (!) examples at
http://www.addbalance.com/word/faq_s...m#updatefields
The solution was the "StoryRanges", and the nested loop
Here's the working Script:


Set MM = ActiveDocument.MailMerge

MM.OpenDataSource Name:="c:\pdb.mer"
MM.ViewMailMergeFieldCodes = False
MM.DataSource.Close

For Each SR In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
For Each F In SR.Fields
If F.Type = wdFieldMergeField Then
F.Unlink
End If
Next F
Next SR

End Sub




"Charles Kenyon" schrieb im
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The following works for Ref field updating and should give you a leg up.
Private Sub RefFieldUpdateAllStory()
' Written by Charles Kyle Kenyon 15 November 2001
' repaired by Jezebel
' All Story Field Updater - Ref fields
Dim oField As Field
Dim oStory As Range
'
For Each oStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
' This goes into headers and footers as well as the regular document
Do
For Each oField In oStory.Fields
If oField.Type = wdFieldRef Then
oField.Update
End If
Next oField
Set oStory = oStory.Next
Loop Until oStory Is Nothing
Next oStory
End Sub

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Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

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"S.P." wrote in message
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I want to do a one-time (no update) MailMerge, into the existing
document.
The permanent "locking" almost works with

Set myFields = ActiveDocument.Fields ' or
ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Fields ?!?
For Each fn in myFields
If fn.type = wdFieldMergeField Then
fn.Unlink
End If
Next fn

Problem: the Fields in the header are not affected (which is good for
page numbers...but for that I have the " If fn.type = ..." ).

-- How can I unlink Mergefields in headers?

I just can't find the ActiveDocument.Fields equivalent for headers.