# Microsoft Knowledge Base

## Help for Fields: Word Help Contents Displayed Instead

Last reviewed: August 4, 1997 Article ID: Q120879
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
- Microsoft Word for Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

## SYMPTOMS

When you use the Help key (F1) to access context-sensitive help for the following inserted fields, the Office Assistant displays a prompt or general field help (or the Word Help Contents screen is displayed in Word 6.x and 7.x) instead of the context help screen:

       PRIVATE
       RD (6.x only)
       TA (6.x only)
       TC (6.x only)
       XE

## WORKAROUNDS

To access Help for all fields, including those on the above list, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: On the Insert menu, click Fields, select the field in the

              Field Names list, and press F1.

Method 2: Use the Field Types Reference in Help. To locate the reference,

              double-click the Help button on the Standard toolbar, and then
              type "fields, type of" (without the quotation marks). Go to Field
              Types and Switches, and click Field Types.

Method 3: In Word for the Macintosh, you can access context-sensitive help

              by using the HELP key on the extended ADB Keyboard or by using
              COMMAND+? on the standard Apple Macintosh ADB keyboard.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Word listed above. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

> KBCategory: kbusage buglist6.0 buglist6.0a buglist6.0c
> KBSubcategory: kbhelp
> Additional reference words: 6.0 6.0a 6.0c winword macword desktop bus
> 7.0 word95 word7 word6 word97
> Keywords : kbhelp buglist6.0 kbusage
> Version : 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0 7.0a | 6.
> Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
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Last reviewed: August 4, 1997
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