Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Printing Field Codes.

Printing Field Codes

by Allen Wyatt
(last updated May 6, 2017)

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If you use fields in your documents to any extent, you may want to print a copy of your document with field codes showing instead of field results. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Display the Word Options dialog box. (In Word 2007 click the Office button and then click Word Options. In Word 2010 and later versions display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.)
  2. At the left side of the dialog box click Advanced.
  3. Scroll through the available options until you see the Print section. (See Figure 1.)

    4. Figure 1. The Print section of the advanced options of the Word Options dialog box.

  4. Make sure the Print Field Codes Instead of Their Values check box is selected.
  5. Click on OK.
  6. Print your document.

WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (6701) applies to Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Printing Field Codes.

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2018-02-27 01:28:59

Jodie

I have a colleague having this problem and have attended to the above but the field codes are still printing out. Is there any other solutions to this issue?

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