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Thursday, August 16, 2012
How to Search for a Field in Word
1. Start Microsoft Word 2007 and open a document that contains a specific field you would like to locate.
2. Use the keyboard shortcut 'ALT+F9' to display the field codes for all of the fields in your document.
3. Chose the 'Home' tab at the top of the Word 2007 screen, if necessary, to display the Home ribbon. Click the 'Find' button from the 'Editing' section of the Home ribbon to open the 'Find and Replace' dialog box. The 'Find' tab should be selected at the top.
4. Type '^d' (without the quotation marks) in the 'Find what' text box. This code will find the opening brace of the field you are looking for.
5. Press your spacebar and type the field name of the field you are searching for. For example, if you are searching for a field named 'TIME,' you would type '^d TIME' (without the quotation marks).
6. Select the 'More' button if necessary from the bottom left of the 'Find and Replace' dialog box to expand the dialog box. Verify that all boxes are unchecked in the 'Search Options' section. Uncheck any boxes that are checked.
7. Click the 'Find Next' button to find the field that you are searching for.