Word Find/Replace one field type with another?

[kilroyscarnival]

Hi, just wondering whether/how it is possible to replace one field (in my case,
{AUTONUMLGL} with a {SEQ} field?

I have a template that's got the normal auto-numbering and now have to do one starting with a specific number.



Thanks,

Ann

-- Gave up and just did a lot of pasting, but would love to know for next time.

[Charles Kenyon]

Yes.
If you have your document set to display field codes, you can run replace for what is in the field.

Replace Find: AUTONUMLGL with SEQ


I do not think this will be all that helpful, though since the fields have different switches.


vba would probably be required. For me, this would not be simple.

[kilroyscarnival]

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

Yes.
If you have your document set to display field codes, you can run replace for what is in the field.

Replace Find: AUTONUMLGL with SEQ


I do not think this will be all that helpful, though since the fields have different switches.


vba would probably be required. For me, this would not be simple.

Thanks, I’ll have to try it! After the initial SEQ with the switch giving it my starting number, the subsequent ones were all the same.

[Stefan Blom]

You can create a SEQ field and copy it to the clipboard. Display field codes with Alt+F9 (or Alt+Fn+F9 on some keyboards).

Then search for:

^d AUTONUMLGL

and replace with:

^c


The latter represents the clipboard content.