Not really. The thing is that Word puts things in layers or containers.
See the example given by Graham Mayor here:
Installing Macros.
I believe that the following is the most thorough macro to do this that I've encountered. It comes from Greg Maxey in
this thread.
Code:
Sub UpdateAllFieldsAllStoryMaxey() ' Greg Maxey
' http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2007-word/how-to-update-all-fields-in-a-document-at-once/54b43181-0ea7-4abc-bfb9-e0555125dfe5?page=5
Dim rngStory As Word.Range
Dim lngJunk As Long
Dim oShp As Shape
Dim oToc As TableOfContents, oToa As TableOfAuthorities, oTof As TableOfFigures
lngJunk = ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(1).Range.StoryType
For Each rngStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
'Iterate through all linked stories
Do
On Error Resume Next
rngStory.Fields.Update
Select Case rngStory.StoryType
Case 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
If rngStory.ShapeRange.Count > 0 Then
For Each oShp In rngStory.ShapeRange
If oShp.TextFrame.HasText Then
oShp.TextFrame.TextRange.Fields.Update
End If
Next
End If
Case Else
'Do Nothing
End Select
On Error GoTo 0
'Get next linked story (if any)
Set rngStory = rngStory.NextStoryRange
Loop Until rngStory Is Nothing
'Special Cases
For Each oToc In ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents
oToc.Update
Next oToc
For Each oToa In ActiveDocument.TablesOfAuthorities
oToa.Update
Next
For Each oTof In ActiveDocument.TablesOfFigures
oTof.Update
Next
Next
End Sub
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My experience, though, is that StyleRef fields update instantly when in a header or footer. I believe that this is true when they are in the body of a document as well but am not certain. I do know that they update much better than do REF fields.