update fields automatically.

[toffa]

Hi all
I have a word document that opens from access and details area compiled relating to a current record. I have got this to work great however to get the feilds in word to reference the book marks i need to update the feilds. Now the manual way to do this is to select all and and press f9, what i was wandering is there someway of automating this process or to even set up a button to do it.

Chris

 

[fumei]

Have you tried recording a macro to do it? You could then use that code in an AutoOpen event, or just drag that macro up to any toolbar as a macro button.

Gerry

 

[macropod]

Try:

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveDocument.Fields.Update
End Sub

This will update all fields in the body of the document. If you also need to update fields in headers/footers or shapes, that'll require more code.

Cheers

 

[tf1]

Under Tools, Options, General tab, do you have Update Fields on Open option checked?

Regards: tf1