Table of Contents and Page Numbers Displaying Code

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Table of Contents and Page Numbers Displaying Code

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Instead of having the actual Table of Contents that has been built out for a template document, I am seeing "{ TOC \o "1-3" \l \z \u }" and instead of seeing page numbers at the bottom of pages, I am seeing "{ PAGE \8 MERGEFORMAT }". In all my years of working in Word, I have never seen this happen.

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HansV 462.7K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Press Alt+F9 to hide the field codes.

Alternatively, select File > Options > Advanced.

Then scroll down to the 'Show document content' section.

Clear the check box 'Show field codes instead of their values', and click OK.

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