Curiouser and curiouser ;-)

Deep suspicions about Word's inner coding labyrinths stir again g ...

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Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
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"Bob S" wrote in message
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Well, it is even more mysterious. I just tried it again, and this time
the prompt text disappeared! So I have no idea what makes the
difference; it is not a 2002 versus 2003 difference.

Bob S

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:31:32 -0000, "Margaret Aldis"
wrote:


"Bob S" wrote in message
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On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:34:10 -0000, "Margaret Aldis"
wrote:

Hi Bernard

Glad to help - I'd never actually thought about the code changing
before
so
I learned something too :-)

This sounded strange, so I tried this on my Word 2002, and the text
did not disappear. The field code was the same after the choice was
made as it was before. It actually changed on your system?


Hi Bob - I've just tested this and on Word 2002 the literal text does stay
in the field code as you say. In Word 2003 it disappears, leaving just the
\s (stylename) and \t (tooltip) options. In fact, although you enter it as
part of the field code id you toggle field codes you can see it disappears
immediately, even before you select AutoText from the list - in other
words
it immediately becomes the field value,without being stored in the field
code. Remarkably logical, but a total change from previous behaviour g.
Not surprising I'd never spotted it before after all.