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36         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">About Fields</title>
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49<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145576" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="3"><variable id="fields"><link href="text/swriter/guide/fields.xhp" name="About Fields">About Fields</link>
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51      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154246" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="4">Fields are used for data that changes in a document, such as the current date or the total number of pages in a document.</paragraph>
52      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154262" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Viewing Fields</paragraph>
53      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150509" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="6">Fields consist of a field name and the field content. To switch the field display between the field name or the field content, choose <link href="text/swriter/01/03090000.xhp" name="View - Fields"><emph>View - Field Names</emph></link>.</paragraph>
54      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150536" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="195">To display or hide field highlighting in a document, choose <emph>View - Field Shadings</emph>. To permanently disable this feature, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - $[officename] - Appearance</emph>, and clear the check box in front of <emph>Field shadings</emph>.</paragraph>
55      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152885" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="7">To change the color of field shadings, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01012000.xhp" name="$[officename] - Appearance"><item type="menuitem">$[officename] - Appearance</item></link></emph>, locate the <item type="menuitem">Field shadings</item> option, and then select a different color in the <item type="menuitem">Color setting</item> box.</paragraph>
56      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153166" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Field Properties</paragraph>
57      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153180" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="181">Most field types in a document, including database fields, store and display variable values.</paragraph>
58      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155533" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="182">The following field types execute an action when you click the field:</paragraph>
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62               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155582" role="tablehead" l10n="U" oldref="183">Field Type</paragraph>
63            </tablecell>
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65               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147760" role="tablehead" l10n="U" oldref="184">Property</paragraph>
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69            <tablecell>
70               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147789" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="185">Placeholder</paragraph>
71            </tablecell>
72            <tablecell>
73               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147812" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="186">Opens a dialog to insert the object for which the placeholder was set.</paragraph>
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77            <tablecell>
78               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147216" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="187">Insert Reference</paragraph>
79            </tablecell>
80            <tablecell>
81               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147239" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="188">Moves the mouse pointer to the reference.</paragraph>
82            </tablecell>
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85            <tablecell>
86               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147267" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="189">Run macro</paragraph>
87            </tablecell>
88            <tablecell>
89               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147290" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="190">Runs a macro.</paragraph>
90            </tablecell>
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92         <tablerow>
93            <tablecell>
94               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145614" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="191">Input Field</paragraph>
95            </tablecell>
96            <tablecell>
97               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145637" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="192">Opens a dialog to edit the contents of the field.</paragraph>
98            </tablecell>
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102      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151244" role="note" l10n="U" oldref="10">Placeholder, hidden text, insert reference, variable, database, and user-defined fields display a help tip when you rest the mouse pointer over the field in a document. To enable this feature, ensure that the Extended Tips<emph/>option (<item type="menuitem">What's This?</item>) is selected in the <item type="menuitem">Help</item> menu.</paragraph>
103      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155937" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U"
104                 oldref="11">Updating Fields</paragraph>
105      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155963" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="12">To update all of the fields in a document, press F9, or choose <emph>Edit - Select All</emph>, and then press F9.</paragraph>
106      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155984" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="13">To update a field that was inserted from a database, select the field, and then press F9.</paragraph>
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