Microsoft Office Forums - View Single Post - Does Word have an option to update fields AUTOMATICALLY at open???

Jamal NUMAN · 01-20-2012, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catalin.B

Another thing you can do, is to place this code in Normal Template's This Document module, then place a button on the quick acces toolbar with this macro assigned, to update fields whenever you decide to...

Code:

Sub UpdateAllFields()

Dim oStory As Range
For Each oStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
    oStory.Fields.Update
    If oStory.StoryType <> wdMainTextStory Then
        While Not (oStory.NextStoryRange Is Nothing)
            Set oStory = oStory.NextStoryRange
            oStory.Fields.Update
        Wend
    End If
Next oStory
Set oStory = Nothing
End Sub

Hi Colin,

As I have already posted in the previous participation, can the macro (that you have provided) be developed to be embedded to a specific document (screenshot 1) such that:

· All the fields are updated when: save, save as, open or print are clicked

· All fields existing in the header and footer are updated are well

In this case, I think that I’m forced to save the document as *.docm, is that true?

Is there a way to have this property with the regular file extension (*.docx)?

Many thanks

Jamal