Office 2013 In Depth

Understanding Word Fields

The mail merge process provides a good look at some of the possibilities that can be accomplished using fields. Merge fields pull data from a recipient list and place the data in the merged documents. You can use other fields, such as the Skip Record If field, to preclude certain recipients in your list from being included in the merge (based on a condition).

Word provides a variety of other field types that you can use to enhance your documents and to build online forms. For example, when you insert the current date into a document using the Date and Time dialog box, you have the option of selecting the Update Automatically check box. This option means that Word inserts a date field into your document, and the field ...