Field definitions
The set of fields is divided into the following functional categories:
Category |
Description |
Fields |
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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. |
= formula (§2.16.3), 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) |