WORD fields

[Fairygodmother]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I use the macrobutton a lot to create keyboard input fields in basic forms and templates. However, I can't find it in 2008. It seems to have disappeared from the document automation menu.

HELP includes comments on what to do with it when it appears, but NOT how to insert it or its new location. If 2008 has done away with it, I need to know what the replacement or "work around" is.

This is basic and important enough to me that I will revert to 2003 if this feature is gone for good...

Please help. I just need to be pointed in the right direction...

Thanks.

 

[CyberTaz]

The field still exists & is still operable, it just somehow was omitted from
the list of field names in the Insert> Field dialog of Word 2008. My guess
is that whoever compiled the list figured that if there were no macros in
2008 there was no need for macrobutton fields ‹ MacBU has had the oversight
brought firmly to their attention It will most certainly be corrected
but there's no indication of when... probably not until the next Office
release.

In the mean while you'll have to key it by hand. To insert it manually start
by keying COMMAND+F9 to create the field braces, then type the name of the
field followed by a space, then the term NoMacro followed by another space.
At that point you can enter the prompt you want to appear in the field.
Enclose the prompt in brackets if you wish.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac