Form Fields in Word 2000

Help!
I have a template with form fields. When I start a new document from the
template and put in text in the prompt boxes the document ends up like this.

{FILLIN"date"\*MERGEFORMAT}

Yet it prints what I typed in the boxes.

Any help would be appreciated.

Bill

Press Alt+F9 to toggle between field codes (what you see now) and field
results. That's a shortcut for going to the Options dialog and
checking/unchecking the Field Codes box.

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Jay Freedman
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Bill wrote:
Help!
I have a template with form fields. When I start a new document from
the template and put in text in the prompt boxes the document ends up
like this.
{FILLIN"date"\*MERGEFORMAT}

Yet it prints what I typed in the boxes.

Any help would be appreciated.

Bill

Thanks Jay!
Works like a charm!

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Press Alt+F9 to toggle between field codes (what you see now) and field
results. That's a shortcut for going to the Options dialog and
checking/unchecking the Field Codes box.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all may benefit.

Bill wrote:
Help!
I have a template with form fields. When I start a new document from
the template and put in text in the prompt boxes the document ends up
like this.
{FILLIN"date"\*MERGEFORMAT}

Yet it prints what I typed in the boxes.

Any help would be appreciated.

Bill