Q194567: WD97: What Happens to Fields When You Save As Text Only
Article: Q194567
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbdta kbfield winword word97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
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SUMMARY
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The following table outlines if the result of the field is saved when you save a
Word 97 document as Text Only, MS-DOS Text, Text Only With Line Breaks, MS-DOS
Text Only With Line Breaks, or Text With Layout.
Text
Only / Text
with with
Field breaks layout Comments
----- --------- ------ --------
Advance No No An Advance field has no text
result. The positioning effect
is ignored.
Ask See See An Ask field itself has no result.
Comment Comment Only the result of a REF field that
references the result of an Ask
field should appear in text output.
However, the result of an Ask field
currently does appear at the Ask
field location when saving as Text
Only, MS-DOS Text, Text with
Layout, or MS-DOS Text with Layout.
The problem does not occur when
saving as Text with Line Breaks or
MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks.
Author Yes Yes
AutoNum No No
AutoNumLgl No No
AutoNumOut No No
AutoText Yes Yes
Barcode No No
Comments Yes Yes
Compare Yes Yes
CreateDate Yes Yes
Database Yes Yes
Date Yes Yes
EditTime Yes Yes
EQ No No
FileName Yes Yes
FileSize Yes Yes
Fill-in Yes Yes
GoToButton No No GoToButton display text is not
retained.
If Yes Yes The text that results when the
comparison is true or false is
retained.
IncludePicture No No There is no way to retain a picture
in a plain text file.
IncludeText Yes Yes
Index Yes Yes
Info Yes Yes
Keywords Yes Yes
LastSavedBy Yes Yes
Link No No A linked object is an OLE object,
and there is no way to retain the
pictorial result of an OLE object
in a plain text file.
MacroButton No No MacroButton display text is not
retained.
MergeField See See The field name is retained and is
Comment Comment delimited by two less than and two
greater than signs. For example,
{ MERGEFIELD Name \* MERGEFORMAT }
becomes <<Name>>.
MergeRec See See Same as above.
Comment Comment
MergeSeq See See Same as above.
Comment Comment
Next No No
NextIf No No
NoteRef Yes Yes
NumChars Yes Yes
NumPages Yes Yes
NumWords Yes Yes
Page Yes Yes
PageRef Yes Yes
Print No No
PrintDate Yes Yes
Private No No
Quote Yes Yes
RD No No
Ref Yes Yes
RevNum Yes Yes
SaveDate Yes Yes
Section Yes Yes
SectionPages Yes Yes
Seq Yes Yes
Set See See A Set field itself has no result.
Comment Comment Only the result of a REF field that
references the result of a Set
field should appear in text output.
However, the result of a Set field
currently does appear at the Set
field location when saving as Text
Only, MS-DOS Text, Text with
Layout, or MS-DOS Text with Layout.
The problem does not occur when
saving as Text with Line Breaks or
MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks.
SkipIf No No
StyleRef Yes Yes
Subject Yes Yes
Symbol No No
TA No No
TC No No
Template Yes Yes
Time Yes Yes
Title Yes Yes
TOA Yes Yes
TOC Yes Yes
UserAddress Yes Yes
UserInitials Yes Yes
UserName Yes Yes
XE No No
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Keywords : kbdta kbfield winword word97
Technology : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version : WINDOWS:97
Issue type : kbinfo
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