Field Codes

Dec 16, 2021
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Syntax

Field codes appear between curly brackets ( { } ). You can switch between displaying the field code and the result for a selected field by selecting Toggle Field Codes in the context menu.

When you view a field code in your document, the syntax looks like this:

{ FIELDNAME Properties Optional_Switches }

FIELDNAME - This is the name of the field.
Properties - These are any instructions or variables that are used in a particular field. Not all fields have parameters, and in some fields, parameters are optional.
Optional switches - These are any optional settings that are available for a particular field. Not all fields have switches available, other than those that control the formatting of the field results.

For example, the {MERGEFIELD Weather.condition *Upper} field denotes the MERGEFIELD field bound to the Weather.condition data field, which displays the text in all caps.

Supported Fields

Field Name	Functionality
AUTHOR	Inserts contents of the Author box from the Summary tab in the Document Properties dialog.
COMMENTS	Inserts contents of the Comments box from the Summary tab in the Document Properties dialog.
CREATEDATE	Inserts the current date and time. After a mail merge the field is replaced with the date and time of the mail merge operation.
DATE	Inserts the current date and time.
DOCPROPERTY	Inserts the value of the document property specified by the field parameter.
DOCVARIABLE	Enables you to programmatically insert complex content when this field is updated.
HYPERLINK	Enables you to navigate to another location or to a bookmark.
IF	Compares two values and inserts the text according to the results of the comparison.
INCLUDEPICTURE	Inserts the specified image.
KEYWORDS	Inserts contents of the Keywords box from the Summary tab in the Document Properties dialog.
LASTSAVEDBY	Inserts the name of the last person who modified and saved the document.
MERGEFIELD	Retrieves a value from the bound data source.
NUMPAGES	Inserts the total number of pages.
PAGE	Inserts the number of the page containing the field.
PRINTDATE	Inserts the date and time that a document was last printed.
REF	Inserts bookmarked text or graphics.
REVNUM	Inserts the number of document revisions.
SAVEDATE	Inserts the date and time a document was last saved.
SECTIONPAGES	Inserts the total number of pages in a section.
SEQ	Provides sequential numbering in the document.
STYLEREF	Inserts text that is formatted with the specified style.
SUBJECT	Inserts contents of the Subject box from the Summary tab in the Document Properties dialog.
SYMBOL	Inserts a symbol.
TC	Defines entries for the table of contents.
TEMPLATE	Inserts the name of a template attached to the document.
TIME	Inserts the current time.
TITLE	Inserts contents of the Title box from the Summary tab in the Document Properties dialog.
TOC	Builds a table of contents.

Formatting Options

The following format switches are supported.