WD: TA, TC, XE, PRIVATE, Fields Shaded When Nested
Article ID: 105892
Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007
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 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q105892
SYMPTOMS
There are four fields in Word that are not shaded, even when they are
selected and Field Shading is set to Always or When Selected: the TA, TC,
XE, and PRIVATE fields. However, if any of these fields is inserted inside
a different field, it will be shaded just like the rest of the field.
CAUSE
This behavior is by design. These four fields are called "dead" because
they don't display a result; they are merely used by other fields. Any non-
dead field is shaded when Field Shading is turned on.
You can set Field Shading to Never, Always, or When Selected by clicking
Options on the Tools menu (in Word 98 Macintosh Edition, click Preferences
on the Tools menu), and then clicking the View tab.
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