e.g. before submitting a MS, or hand manipulating some formatting because Word does things (like cross-references) so half-assed [from here]
Select all the text (CTRL-A)
Press Ctrl+Shift+F9
Editing to remove anonymous comments that only contain thanks. I really appreciate the thanks, but it makes it harder to find comments that carry pertinent information. I'm also going to try and paste informative comments in the body of the post to make them easier to find.
Select all the text (CTRL-A)
Press Ctrl+Shift+F9
Editing to remove anonymous comments that only contain thanks. I really appreciate the thanks, but it makes it harder to find comments that carry pertinent information. I'm also going to try and paste informative comments in the body of the post to make them easier to find.
Great tip - thanks
ReplyDeleteDominic
Thanks! Now why couldn't I find that on WORD's help?
ReplyDeleteThis doesn't seem to work for footnotes/endnotes... correct?
ReplyDeleteI want to remove the codes so as to be able to move all endnotes to a new position in the document...
Sometimes you can't select all with Ctrl-A (in Word 2007). Then you have to go to the Developer tab>Protect Document> Restrict Formatting and Editing. Then in the side bar that appears, click "Stop Protection".
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, you have to do this even though the document was not protected in the first place!
Then you can Ctrl-A and then Ctrl-Shift-F9.
awesome, thanks!
ReplyDeletethats great!!!thanks!!! I used for endnote and it works!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, if you are using a Mac and Word 2008 I have found that the way to replicate this is to use Cmd-A, Cm-shift-fn-F9 (using the "fn" key as well.)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot....It worked perfectly..
ReplyDeleteThe Mac trick worked beautifully! Many thanks
ReplyDeleteOMG you are a lifesaver, thank you! And I agree with Deborah - why in the hell is that not in Word Help???
ReplyDeleteYESYESYES. Just what I was looking for. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI've been sent a pile of documents with a bunch of field codes in it but no source document. Is there any way to remove the field codes but retain their names? Eg when I use Ctrl+Shift+F9 to get rid of the field codes, I just end up with a whole bunch of "Error! Bookmark not defined". Can I keep the field code/name instead as actual text i.e. {Name}?
ReplyDeleteI deal with a lot of old ducks who like going through bit by bit and filling these in manually rather than mail merging, and I don't like the thought of going through all these documents and replacing the fields with text one by one.
Interesting how many of us are battling a reference manager. Thank you so much, I even uninstalled EndNote on my computer, then had a document returned with the referencing reverted because the reviewer had EndNote installed. Most frustrating.... I wish I had known this before. I will certainly spread the word!
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know how can I do this: I removed the field codes (endnote 9) from a word document (2007) and now I don't have an original copy with the field codes inact. Propably I replaced the original document by accident. Can I restore them??? I have to insert the citations again?
ReplyDeleteThat does not work for me: Shift-CTRL-F9 is the short cut for "play next track" and that is what it does (MAC). You should mention the operating system, this seems to be WIN only.
ReplyDeleteI found it: It is CMD-6 in Office for Mac 2011.
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing! it works for me but I guess I have to do it for all my documents because it all affected my docs with hyperlinks...how i wish i could just do it in one doc and will upate all but this is good enough...it was really helpful! you are a life saver and saved me a lot of precious time..keep it up..i will add your page in my bookmark from now on..and by the way, you are a genius! :) God bless you :)
ReplyDeleteGreat tip!
ReplyDeleteThanks from Scott!
ReplyDeleteHiya, Can anyone help?!!!
ReplyDeleteI keep getting some kind of code in my page numbers rather that the page number it self. When I use the Cntrl+ shift F9 function I am able to get the number, but then get the same number on every page!!!! Please advise. Thank you :-)
This is what I needed! Thanks
ReplyDeleteBy the way, if you are using a Mac and Word 2008 I have found that the way to replicate this is to use Cmd-A, Cm-shift-fn-F9 (using the "fn" key as well.)...
Hi everyone!
ReplyDeleteIs there a permanent way to solve the problem of codes appearing instead of the actual field result? I didn't have any problems until today when suddenly word could not update properly my table of contents or my mendeley references and instead {TOC} or other codes were appearing. I tried opening old documents of mine which I new were 'correct' and the problem appeared in those too. shift+F9 works but I have to do everytime I create a new doc or open an existing doc. Any permanent solutions? does anyone know what might be causing this?
Great, thanks a lot! Included the tip in my blog.
ReplyDeleteThank for this... worked for me and saved me... great job
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