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# WD: Insertion Point Positioned Left of Inserted Fields

Article ID: 120786

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q120786

## SYMPTOMS

When you insert one of the following fields into a Microsoft Word document, the insertion point is incorrectly positioned to the left of the field:

       =
       ASK
       AUTOTEXT
       COMPARE
       DATABASE
       IF
       INCLUDETEXT
       INDEX
       INFO
       LINK
       MERGEFIELD
       NOTEREF
       PAGEREF
       REF
       SEQ
       SET
       STYLEREF
       TOA

## MORE INFORMATION

In Word 7.x, the Index field does leave the insertion point correctly positioned to the right of the field.

## WORKAROUND

Move the insertion point to the right of the field, using either the mouse or the arrow keys.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Word listed above. This problem has been corrected in Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words: 8.0 8.00

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbfield KB120786