Chapter 20. Working with Fields
In this chapter
Finding and Moving Between Fields 639
Converting Fields to Plain Text 639
Understanding Fields
Fields are the often-underappreciated placeholders that work behind the scenes in a document. They help perform the magic involved with many of the most powerful features in Word, such as mail merging, indexing, automatic generation of tables of contents, automatic figure numbering, cross-referencing, page numbering, and more.
There are many different types of fields, each with a specific purpose, but they break down into three main categories. Fields ...
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