[Athen] Unlinking Field Codes in Word Documents

[Wink Harner]

I love tips for quick solutions like this, Karen! Thank you.

Wink Harner

On Dec 29, 2016 6:18 AM, "Karlen Communications" <
info at karlencommunications.com> wrote:


> Hi Everyone!

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> As we get ready for the new year and continue our lifelong learning paths,

> I found something new I thought I’d share. Although it has been around

> since Word 95/97.

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> I needed to unlink field codes in an article before publishing and…who

> knew…there is actually a tool in Word for doing this!

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> I put this tool on my Quick Access Toolbar so that I don’t have to look

> for it again as there is no keyboard command for it.

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> Here are the steps:

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>    1. Press Alt + F, T for the File/Backstage area, Word Options.

>    2. In the Word Options dialog, press Q for Quick Access Toolbar.

>    3. Tab into the settings for the Quick Access Toolbar and in the list

>    of commands, choose All commands.

>    4. Press Tab to move to the actual list of all commands.

>    5. Press U for Unlink Fields or Unlink Field Codes…forget the exact

>    words but you’ll know it when you land on it.

>    6. Press Alt + A to Add it to your Quick Access Toolbar.

>    7. Tab to the OK button and press Enter.

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> When you need to unlink things like links, citations, tables of content,

> bibliography, tables of figures and so forth, select them and then go to

> the Quick Access toolbar and activate the Unlink Fields/Unlink Field Codes.

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> If you need to make sure that all linked items in your document are

> unlinked, select all of the document (Ctrl + A) and then activate the

> Unlink Fields/Unlink Field Codes from the Quick Access Toolbar.

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> Cheers, Karen

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