Word - Ref field is bold Why?

[teebird]

Hi All

I have Ask fields and Ref fields in my word template doc.

{ASK FName "Enter Client's First Name" \*Caps}
{Ref FName \* MERGEFORMAT}

I have added \* MERGEFORMAT to keep my Ref field at Size 13 Font because my Ask fields are in a Size 2 font so they don't take up too much room.

Now I am finding that the Ref fields are in Bold font - how can I get them to remain unbold. I have already removed all bolding from my doc.

Many thanks for any help.

 

[macropod]

Hi teebird'

I have added \* MERGEFORMAT to keep my Ref field at Size 13 Font because my Ask fields are in a Size 2 font so they don't take up too much room

The bolding is most likely due to the ASK field being bolded (or having been at some time).

Instead of using the \* MERGEFORMAT switch, use a \* CHARFORMAT switch and format the 'R' in 'REF' to whatever format you want.

Also, ASK fields don't take up any space on their own, so changing the point size makes no difference.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[teebird]

many thanks for your response. That worked great. My ASK fields appear to take up a quarter of my page and the text in my letter is moved down on the page. Too far to be acceptable. That is why I have made them Font size 2.
Tee.

 

[pauljj]

I have an word doc that has AutoShapes on it, when this gets e-mailed to various people and then gets emailed back to us, the autoshapes are all over the place ? Has anyone experienced this ? Is there a way of fixing the Shapes in place ??

 

[xlhelp]

pauljj

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[macropod]

Hi teebird,

It's not the ASK field that's causing this! It's the formatting of whatever paragraph/text you've attached it to. That's why changing it to 2pt has an effect - you're changing the underlying character formatting for the text you've attached the field to, not the field itself.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[teebird]

excellent thanks for your reply - I worked that out after awhile. I selected everything and then removed all formating and then went back and just bold the R in the REF field appears to work now.