WD2000: Certain Characters Are Not Displayed in Field Results

ID: Q197839

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SYMPTOMS

The backslash ( \ ) and quotation mark ( " ) characters are not displayed in field results as you intended.

For example, the field 


   {FILLIN "Type "M" or "F" in the box."}

results in the dialog box showing only the word "Type", without the quotation marks.


CAUSE

The backslash and quotation mark characters are special characters in fields. The backslash is used to indicate the next character as a switch command in the field. Quotation marks are used to enclose literal text strings (see below) within a field.


WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use a backslash (with no space) before the character you want to include. This tells Word that you want to include this character in the text string.

Preface a quotation mark with \ to make it display in a field code.

For example, the field 


   {FILLIN "Type \"M\" or \"F\" in the box."}

appears in the dialog box as: 

   Type "M" or "F" in the box.

You must also use an extra backslash in an INCLUDE field when you indicate a long Windows path. For example: 

   {INCLUDETEXT "C:\\Winword\\Docs\\Start.doc"}

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Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999