[JR SilverFox]

Select All text in 'Normal' view no longer selects header and footer.
I used to use ViewNormal, ctrlA, F9 to update all fields in my documents
which use fields to insert custom properties in the header and body of
documents.
I cannot find a way to select All as in 2000, 2002, 2003.
Have I missed a setting?
I know I can use Print Preview to achieve this but would like to understand
why this functionality seems to have been removed.

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Notice that there is no Normal view, per se, in Word 2007. Instead, it's now
called Draft view, although it's essentially the same as Normal view. IMO,
this is an improvement, since the word "normal" is so overused in Word
parlance. But, it does make "normal" view hard to discover...

In the views section of the Status bar, click the right-most icon (Draft),
press Ctrl+A, F9, and fields in headers and footers should still be updated,
just as in previous versions of Word.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"JR SilverFox" JR wrote in message
...
Select All text in 'Normal' view no longer selects header and footer.
I used to use ViewNormal, ctrlA, F9 to update all fields in my
documents
which use fields to insert custom properties in the header and body of
documents.
I cannot find a way to select All as in 2000, 2002, 2003.
Have I missed a setting?
I know I can use Print Preview to achieve this but would like to
understand
why this functionality seems to have been removed.

[JR SilverFox]

Thanks Herb,
Yeah, I had found draft mode as the closest to the old 'Normal', and I agree
that 'Normal' is an overused term.
I checked again but that doesn't update the header fields as the old
'Normal' used to.
I went through all the obvious views and could not get the header fields to
update. Is there a setting I may have wrong?

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Notice that there is no Normal view, per se, in Word 2007. Instead, it's now
called Draft view, although it's essentially the same as Normal view. IMO,
this is an improvement, since the word "normal" is so overused in Word
parlance. But, it does make "normal" view hard to discover...

In the views section of the Status bar, click the right-most icon (Draft),
press Ctrl+A, F9, and fields in headers and footers should still be updated,
just as in previous versions of Word.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"JR SilverFox" JR wrote in message
...
Select All text in 'Normal' view no longer selects header and footer.
I used to use ViewNormal, ctrlA, F9 to update all fields in my
documents
which use fields to insert custom properties in the header and body of
documents.
I cannot find a way to select All as in 2000, 2002, 2003.
Have I missed a setting?
I know I can use Print Preview to achieve this but would like to
understand
why this functionality seems to have been removed.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Print Preview should update all fields in the header/footer (regardless of
the setting of "Update fields" on the Print tab of Tools | Options [or
whatever the Word 2007 equivalent is]).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"JR SilverFox" wrote in message
...
Thanks Herb,
Yeah, I had found draft mode as the closest to the old 'Normal', and I
agree
that 'Normal' is an overused term.
I checked again but that doesn't update the header fields as the old
'Normal' used to.
I went through all the obvious views and could not get the header fields
to
update. Is there a setting I may have wrong?

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Notice that there is no Normal view, per se, in Word 2007. Instead, it's
now
called Draft view, although it's essentially the same as Normal view.
IMO,
this is an improvement, since the word "normal" is so overused in Word
parlance. But, it does make "normal" view hard to discover...

In the views section of the Status bar, click the right-most icon
(Draft),
press Ctrl+A, F9, and fields in headers and footers should still be
updated,
just as in previous versions of Word.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"JR SilverFox" JR wrote in message
...
Select All text in 'Normal' view no longer selects header and footer.
I used to use ViewNormal, ctrlA, F9 to update all fields in my
documents
which use fields to insert custom properties in the header and body of
documents.
I cannot find a way to select All as in 2000, 2002, 2003.
Have I missed a setting?
I know I can use Print Preview to achieve this but would like to
understand
why this functionality seems to have been removed.

[JR SilverFox]

Thanks Suzanne! It works a treat.
But it leaves my question; was it a considered change? - I cannot now select
the content of a header (in draft mode) where I could in previous versions
using 'normal' view.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Print Preview should update all fields in the header/footer (regardless of
the setting of "Update fields" on the Print tab of Tools | Options [or
whatever the Word 2007 equivalent is]).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"JR SilverFox" wrote in message
...
Thanks Herb,
Yeah, I had found draft mode as the closest to the old 'Normal', and I
agree
that 'Normal' is an overused term.
I checked again but that doesn't update the header fields as the old
'Normal' used to.
I went through all the obvious views and could not get the header fields
to
update. Is there a setting I may have wrong?

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Notice that there is no Normal view, per se, in Word 2007. Instead, it's
now
called Draft view, although it's essentially the same as Normal view.
IMO,
this is an improvement, since the word "normal" is so overused in Word
parlance. But, it does make "normal" view hard to discover...

In the views section of the Status bar, click the right-most icon
(Draft),
press Ctrl+A, F9, and fields in headers and footers should still be
updated,
just as in previous versions of Word.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"JR SilverFox" JR wrote in message
...
Select All text in 'Normal' view no longer selects header and footer.
I used to use ViewNormal, ctrlA, F9 to update all fields in my
documents
which use fields to insert custom properties in the header and body of
documents.
I cannot find a way to select All as in 2000, 2002, 2003.
Have I missed a setting?
I know I can use Print Preview to achieve this but would like to
understand
why this functionality seems to have been removed.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I can't answer that, I'm afraid.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"JR SilverFox" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne! It works a treat.
But it leaves my question; was it a considered change? - I cannot now
select
the content of a header (in draft mode) where I could in previous versions
using 'normal' view.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Print Preview should update all fields in the header/footer (regardless
of
the setting of "Update fields" on the Print tab of Tools | Options [or
whatever the Word 2007 equivalent is]).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"JR SilverFox" wrote in message
...
Thanks Herb,
Yeah, I had found draft mode as the closest to the old 'Normal', and I
agree
that 'Normal' is an overused term.
I checked again but that doesn't update the header fields as the old
'Normal' used to.
I went through all the obvious views and could not get the header
fields
to
update. Is there a setting I may have wrong?

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Notice that there is no Normal view, per se, in Word 2007. Instead,
it's
now
called Draft view, although it's essentially the same as Normal
view.
IMO,
this is an improvement, since the word "normal" is so overused in
Word
parlance. But, it does make "normal" view hard to discover...

In the views section of the Status bar, click the right-most icon
(Draft),
press Ctrl+A, F9, and fields in headers and footers should still be
updated,
just as in previous versions of Word.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"JR SilverFox" JR wrote in
message
...
Select All text in 'Normal' view no longer selects header and
footer.
I used to use ViewNormal, ctrlA, F9 to update all fields in my
documents
which use fields to insert custom properties in the header and
body of
documents.
I cannot find a way to select All as in 2000, 2002, 2003.
Have I missed a setting?
I know I can use Print Preview to achieve this but would like to
understand
why this functionality seems to have been removed.

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

I don't know why it's not working for you -- it works fine here. Since it's
beta software, though, it's possible that there is some local condition
that's preventing it from working for you.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"JR SilverFox" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne! It works a treat.
But it leaves my question; was it a considered change? - I cannot now
select
the content of a header (in draft mode) where I could in previous versions
using 'normal' view.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Print Preview should update all fields in the header/footer (regardless
of
the setting of "Update fields" on the Print tab of Tools | Options [or
whatever the Word 2007 equivalent is]).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"JR SilverFox" wrote in message
...
Thanks Herb,
Yeah, I had found draft mode as the closest to the old 'Normal', and I
agree
that 'Normal' is an overused term.
I checked again but that doesn't update the header fields as the old
'Normal' used to.
I went through all the obvious views and could not get the header
fields
to
update. Is there a setting I may have wrong?

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Notice that there is no Normal view, per se, in Word 2007. Instead,
it's
now
called Draft view, although it's essentially the same as Normal view.
IMO,
this is an improvement, since the word "normal" is so overused in
Word
parlance. But, it does make "normal" view hard to discover...

In the views section of the Status bar, click the right-most icon
(Draft),
press Ctrl+A, F9, and fields in headers and footers should still be
updated,
just as in previous versions of Word.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"JR SilverFox" JR wrote in
message
...
Select All text in 'Normal' view no longer selects header and
footer.
I used to use ViewNormal, ctrlA, F9 to update all fields in my
documents
which use fields to insert custom properties in the header and body
of
documents.
I cannot find a way to select All as in 2000, 2002, 2003.
Have I missed a setting?
I know I can use Print Preview to achieve this but would like to
understand
why this functionality seems to have been removed.