Updating Your Fields

One of the best things about fields is that you can update them automatically. F9 is the magic key:

  • To update a single field, place your insertion point within it and press F9.

  • To update more than one field, select the block of copy that contains all the fields you want to update and press F9. Or, after you select all the fields, right-click on one of them and choose Update Field from the shortcut menu.

  • To update all the fields in a document, press Ctrl+A and then press F9. In a long document, this can take a little while. If necessary, you can stop the process by pressing Esc.

  • When you insert a field using Ctrl+F9, Word doesn't update the field until you press F9.

Note

Updating with F9 doesn't affect the following fields: ...

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