Field definitions

The set of fields is divided into the following functional categories:

Category

Description

Fields

Date and Time

Inserts the current date and/or time, or date and/or time of some kind of event.

CREATEDATE (§2.16.5.16), DATE (§2.16.5.18), EDITTIME (§2.16.5.21), PRINTDATE (§2.16.5.54), SAVEDATE (§2.16.5.60), TIME (§2.16.5.72)

Document Automation

Compares values and takes action based on outcome, run macros, and sends a code to a printer.

COMPARE (§2.16.5.15), DOCVARIABLE (§2.16.5.20), GOTOBUTTON (§2.16.5.29), IF (§2.16.5.32), MACROBUTTON (§2.16.5.41), PRINT (§2.16.5.53)

Document Information

Inserts or stores information about the document.

AUTHOR (§2.16.5.4), COMMENTS (§2.16.5.14), DOCPROPERTY (§2.16.5.19), FILENAME (§2.16.5.23), FILESIZE (§2.16.5.24), INFO (§2.16.5.36), KEYWORDS (§2.16.5.37), LASTSAVEDBY (§2.16.5.38), NUMCHARS (§2.16.5.48), NUMPAGES (§2.16.5.49), NUMWORDS (§2.16.5.50), SUBJECT (§2.16.5.67), TEMPLATE (§2.16.5.71), TITLE (§2.16.5.73)

Equations and Formulas

Defines formulas and calculates results; inserts symbols.

= formula2.16.3), ADVANCE (§2.16.5.2), EQ (§2.16.5.22), SYMBOL (§2.16.5.68)

Form Fields

Allows the insertion of form fields.

FORMCHECKBOX (§2.16.5.26), FORMDROPDOWN (§2.16.5.27), FORMTEXT (§2.16.5.28)

Index and Tables

Defines entries for, and builds, a table of contents, table of figures, and table of authorities.

INDEX (§2.16.5.35), RD (§2.16.5.57), TA (§2.16.5.69), TC (§2.16.5.70), TOA (§2.16.5.74), TOC (§2.16.5.75), XE (§2.16.5.79)

Links and References

Inserts information from another place in the same document, from a different document or file, or from an AutoText entry.

AUTOTEXT (§2.16.5.8), AUTOTEXTLIST (§2.16.5.9), BIBLIOGRAPHY (§2.16.5.11), CITATION (§2.16.5.13) HYPERLINK (§2.16.5.31), INCLUDEPICTURE (§2.16.5.33), INCLUDETEXT (§2.16.5.34), LINK (§2.16.5.39), NOTEREF (§2.16.5.47), PAGEREF (§2.16.5.52), QUOTE (§2.16.5.56), REF (§2.16.5.58), STYLEREF (§2.16.5.66)

Mail Merge

Defines information that is to be used in a mail merge.

ADDRESSBLOCK (§2.16.5.1), ASK (§2.16.5.3), COMPARE (§2.16.5.15), DATABASE (§2.16.5.17), FILLIN (§2.16.5.25), GREETINGLINE (§2.16.5.30), IF (§2.16.5.32), MERGEFIELD (§2.16.5.42), MERGEREC (§2.16.5.43), MERGESEQ (§2.16.5.44), NEXT (§2.16.5.45), NEXTIF (§2.16.5.46), SET (§2.16.5.64), SKIPIF (§2.16.5.65)

Numbering

Specifies numbering for document items such as sections and pages; also bar codes.

AUTONUM (§2.16.5.5), AUTONUMLGL (§2.16.5.6), AUTONUMOUT (§2.16.5.7), BARCODE (§2.16.5.10), LISTNUM (§2.16.5.40), PAGE (§2.16.5.51), REVNUM (§2.16.5.59), SECTION (§2.16.5.61), SECTIONPAGES (§2.16.5.62), SEQ (§2.16.5.63)

User Information

Stores or inserts the name, initials, or address of the document user.

USERADDRESS (§2.16.5.76), USERINITIALS (§2.16.5.77), USERNAME (§2.16.5.78)