[vicki in SantaBarbara]

For some reason, all of a sudden when I insert a file name it is coming out
like this? Did I push a wrong button?

FILENAME \p S:\wp\FV\Mo-DV\Consultant\nda&assign-consultant (form).doc

The FILENAME/p should not be on it.... how do I fix it so this does not
happen?

thanks.

[macropod[_2_]]

Hi Vicki,

If you're getting BOTH 'FILENAME \p' AND 'S:\wp\FV\Mo-DV\Consultant\nda&assign-consultant (form).doc', that suggests you've got both
a 'FILENAME \p' test-string and a filed coded as 'FILENAME \p. Try deleting the 'FILENAME \p textstring before the field.

If you're getting '{FILENAME \p}' instead of 'S:\wp\FV\Mo-DV\Consultant\nda&assign-consultant (form).doc', try pressing Alt-F9.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"vicki in SantaBarbara" wrote in message
...
For some reason, all of a sudden when I insert a file name it is coming out
like this? Did I push a wrong button?

FILENAME \p S:\wp\FV\Mo-DV\Consultant\nda&assign-consultant (form).doc

The FILENAME/p should not be on it.... how do I fix it so this does not
happen?

thanks.

[vicki in SantaBarbara]

Macropod, that did not work. For some reason cannot highlight just the
FILENAME \p part of the file path and cannot delete it. Also, in the file
path as I demonstrated below there is a "square" symbol before and after the
total file path, such as a code of some type. Any other suggestions? I
think someone using this computer has accidentally turned this on or
something but makes it impossible to save the correct file path.

"vicki in SantaBarbara" wrote:

For some reason, all of a sudden when I insert a file name it is coming out
like this? Did I push a wrong button?

FILENAME \p S:\wp\FV\Mo-DV\Consultant\nda&assign-consultant (form).doc

The FILENAME/p should not be on it.... how do I fix it so this does not
happen?

thanks.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You probably have the option to select an entire field enabled. But you
should be able to click in the field syntax and use backspace to delete the
unwanted characters. To do this, however, you have to have the field code
displayed, using Alt+F9. I would suggest that it would probably be easier to
delete the entire field and create a new one from scratch.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"vicki in SantaBarbara"
wrote in message ...
Macropod, that did not work. For some reason cannot highlight just the
FILENAME \p part of the file path and cannot delete it. Also, in the file
path as I demonstrated below there is a "square" symbol before and after
the
total file path, such as a code of some type. Any other suggestions? I
think someone using this computer has accidentally turned this on or
something but makes it impossible to save the correct file path.

"vicki in SantaBarbara" wrote:

For some reason, all of a sudden when I insert a file name it is coming
out
like this? Did I push a wrong button?

FILENAME \p S:\wp\FV\Mo-DV\Consultant\nda&assign-consultant (form).doc

The FILENAME/p should not be on it.... how do I fix it so this does not
happen?

thanks.

[vicki in SantaBarbara]

Okay, how do I disable the option to select an entire field? Even if we
delete this in this particular document it continues in the next document...
seems to be in the program somewhere.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You probably have the option to select an entire field enabled. But you
should be able to click in the field syntax and use backspace to delete the
unwanted characters. To do this, however, you have to have the field code
displayed, using Alt+F9. I would suggest that it would probably be easier to
delete the entire field and create a new one from scratch.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"vicki in SantaBarbara"
wrote in message ...
Macropod, that did not work. For some reason cannot highlight just the
FILENAME \p part of the file path and cannot delete it. Also, in the file
path as I demonstrated below there is a "square" symbol before and after
the
total file path, such as a code of some type. Any other suggestions? I
think someone using this computer has accidentally turned this on or
something but makes it impossible to save the correct file path.

"vicki in SantaBarbara" wrote:

For some reason, all of a sudden when I insert a file name it is coming
out
like this? Did I push a wrong button?

FILENAME \p S:\wp\FV\Mo-DV\Consultant\nda&assign-consultant (form).doc

The FILENAME/p should not be on it.... how do I fix it so this does not
happen?

thanks.