Advanced Microsoft® Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out

Editing Reference Fields

Nowhere in Word is the ability to directly edit field codes, introduced in Chapter 9, more important than when working with reference fields.

Reference fields such as TOC and INDEX offer many more customization options than are available through their respective dialog boxes. And, editing table entry fields on screen can save tremendous time over working with the Mark <Feature> Entry dialog boxes. Many of the instructions provided in this chapter are for editing field codes directly either because it is the only way to accomplish the task, or because it is the faster method.

Remember that, if you don’t know if the customization you need for a field is available, or you’re not sure of the syntax, you can get that information ...