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Turn off "Highlight Merge Fields" by default
Hi luvnrocs,
You can prevent the shading of mergefields via the 'Highlight Merge Fields' button by embedding the fields concerned in a QUOTE field. To do this, select the mergefield, press Ctrl-F9 to create a pair of field braces around it (eg { «MyData» }) and edit the field so that you end up with {QUOTE«MyData»}. Once this is done, the shading options are controlled via the settings under Word Options|Advanced Show Document Content Field Shading. Note also that, if you set the Word Options|Advanced Show Document Content Field Shading option to 'Always', you can't turn off the mergefield shading via the 'Highlight Merge Fields' button. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "luvnrocs" wrote in message ... Is there a way to NOT have the "Highlight Merge Fields" button engaged when opening a document? It seems that by default in Office 2007, it is engaged and when we use the Finish & Merge, and then click Print Documents the fields printout highlighted. If we use Finish & Merge, and then click Edit Individual Documents and then print we don't get the highlighted on the printout. I know there are simple ways to get around this, like using "Edit Individual Documents" instead of printing directly, or making sure to turn off the "Highlight Merge Fields" button, but I've got staff who are all concerned with minimizing the amount of keystrokes or mouse clicks that they need to make. Thanks for any help. |
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