WD: Reference to Hidden Bookmarks and ASK Fields Are Also Hidden

ID: Q118438

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-cd, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you update a reference to bookmarked text or to an ASK field that has been formatted as hidden, the reference field result is also formatted as hidden text.

CAUSE

By design, the format applied to the bookmarked text or the ASK field is acquired by the result.

WORKAROUNDS

To work around this problem, use any of the following methods:

• Remove the Hidden attribute from the ASK field or the bookmarked text.

      -or-
  

• Use the \* CHARFORMAT switch on the reference field to apply the formatting of the field type's first character to the entire result. In the following example, you would select the "r" in "ref" and format the "r" as not hidden to produce a result that is not hidden:

         {ref name \* charformat}
  

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 649-651, 741-745.

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 436-439, 702-705

Additional query words: hidden hide hid bookmark ask ref reference bookmarked

Keywords          : kbfield 
Version           : 6.0 6.0.1 6.0.1a 98 | 1.0 1.1 1.1a 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-cd 2.0b 2.0c 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0 7.0a 97
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 4, 1998