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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"e@coff" wrote in message
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The Field Codes box was unchecked, so the Alt+F9 did not do it. The thing
that is confusing me is, there are many computers here, but this is the
only
one not inserting the footer correctly. Just a note- none of the autotext
options are working on this computer, using XP Pro and Office 2003.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

e@coff wrote:
When trying to insert an autotextheader/footerfilename and path, it
does not display the actual filename and path it just shows
[Filename/path]

That's the field code. To see the field result, press Alt+F9, which is a
shortcut for going to Tools Options View and clearing the Field
Codes
checkbox.

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Jay Freedman
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