list of all possible field codes for microsoft word?

(Edit: info. about the Word 2013 fields DISPLAYBARCODE and MERGEBARCODE added).

(Edit: info. about the esoteric DISPLAYNFC field added)

> I'd like to know if there exists a comprehensive list of all possible field codes that can be used in microsoft word.

I've never found a complete list - even the ISO standards documents and the binary .doc format specification omit some Mac-only fields. So last year I created a list of my own - see below. I don't think Word 2010 introduced any new ones.

To find the page number of the first page, you can

a. bookmark a piece of text in the body of the first page - e.g. call it "firstpage". Or insert a { SET firstpage } field

b. use { PAGEREF firstpage \*Arabic} to get the page number of firstpage and use it in your page numbering calculation. However, there are likely to be complications if, e.g., you have multiple sections and so on.

Below is a list of all the field types available since the first version

of Word for Windows, not including the localised versions of the field

names (these were used in localised versions of Word 97 and earlier for

example the Dutch language version of Word used MACROBLOKJE instead of

MACROBUTTON).

Some of these fields are Mac-only, e.g. SUBSCRIBER; some of those

probably do not work on Mac OS X. Some are Windows Word only, such as

ADDRESSBLOCK.

Some fields have been renamed and/or extended. For example, IMPORT was

replaced by INCLUDEPICTURE.

Some fields have been declared as obsolescent in the ISO OOXML

standards. Some syntax, such as the ability to say { QUOTE 65 66 67 } to

insert "ABC" does not seem to be allowed by the ISO standard, so it is

not completely clear what will happen if and when Word creates files

that confrom to that standard.

Some fields have rarely, if ever been documented by Microsoft. I think I

know what almost all of them do, but if anyone can tell me what

DISPLAYNFC was for, please let me know! (More on this in the list below)

Some fields still function but Microsoft said that they should not be

used quite a long time ago, suggesting alternatives. For example

DDE

DDEAUTO

SKIPIF (Microsoft suggests using the filter options in merge, but this

is not always a practical alternative)

EQ ( Microsoft regardd the equation editor as a successor, but many

people still use EQ fields for a number of reasons

I would avoid some fields on the grounds that another field type does

much the same thing more reliably. LISTNUM is a good example.

I do not cover Content Controls (Word 2007) here.

This list comes from a website I am currently developing but which is

not yet ready to be published.

List of Word field types

Name Title

(Bookmark) Inserts the value of the specified bookmark

(Empty) A field with no content

(Equation) The current name for the EQ field

(Expression) Expression was the original name for "= fields"

(Formula) In current documentation, a "Formula field" means an "=

field". In older documentation, it meant an "EQ field"

= Inserts the result of an arithmetic expression. Now known as a

Formula field - previously, as an Expression field

ADDIN Stores information - intended for use by ADDINs. Does not

display a result

ADDRESSBLOCK Inserts an address composed of a number of fields from a

MailMerge data source

ADVANCE Causes the text following the field to start at a different

location

ASK Prompts for the user to input text and uses that text to set the

value of a bookmark

AUTHOR Inserts or updates the text in the "Author" built-in Document

Property

AUTONUM Inserts an automatic paragraph number

AUTONUMLEGAL Inserts an automatic paragraph number using a legal

numbering convention

AUTONUMOUT Inserts an automatic paragraph number using an "Outline"

paragraph numbering scheme

AUTOTEXT Inserts the value of a Word Autotext entry

AUTOTEXTLIST Displays a list of Autotext entry names, allows selection

of one, then inserts the selected autotext

BARCODE Inserts a United States Postal Service (USPS) Barcode. No

longer works according to USPS requirements and made hard to use in Word

2007

BIBLIOGRAPHY Inserts a bibliography based on Citation fields

BIDIOUTLINE Switches the text direction...

CITATION Inserts a bibliographic citation from a master list

COMMENTS Inserts or updates the text in the "Comments" built-in

Document Property

COMPARE Compares two values. If they match, return 1, otherwise return 0

CONTACT Inserts the Contact with the specified ID from the Address Book

(Mac only)

CONTROL Displays an ActiveX control such as a text input field from the

Control toolbox

CREATEDATE Inserts the date/time when the document was created

DATA (Obsolete) defined the data source and optional header source for

a MailMerge in Word 1 for Windows. No field is used for this in later

versions of Word.

DATABASE Inserts a table of data, or a single value, from a data source

DATE Inserts the current date (and optionally, time)

DDE Inserts the result of a DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) item from a

DDE server

DDEAUTO Inserts the result of a DDE item and updates the result

automatically

DISPLAYBARCODE displays a 

UPCA|UPCE|JAN13|JAN8|EAN13|EAN8|CASE|ITF14|NW7|CODE39|CODE128|JPPOST|QR barcode (Word 2013 only)

DISPLAYNFC appears to be a "pseudofield" used when defining the numbering scheme, e.g in multilevel lists. To see it,

a. go to Word 2010's Home tab, Paragraph group, Multilevel list dropdown,

b. select one of the list formats with numbering

c. click Define new Multilevel list

d. select some of the numbering in the "Enter formatting for number" box

e. copy/paste into a Word document

f. if you don't see anything, toggle field codes with Alt-F9. You should see field codes like

{ DISPLAYNFC \l 0 } etc, where the \l number corresponds to a level in the list.

The field doesn't actually display any result in the document, so I suspect it is there to help Word remember exactly which level each number in that "Enter formatting for number" box actually standas for (and/or, to allow users to copy/paste those numbers without the information about their level being lost.

DOCPROPERTY Inserts the value of a Built-in or Custom Document Property

DOCVARIABLE Inserts the value of a Word Variable object

EDITTIME Inserts the number of minutes that a document has been open

for editing

EMBED A "placeholder" for an embedded OLE object or graphic

EQ Inserts a formatted mathematical equation. Can also be used to

"decorate" characters, e.g. with overbars.

FILENAME Inserts the filename or the full path name of the document

FILESIZE Inserts the file size of the document file in bytes

FILLIN Prompts for a piece of text and inserts the result

FORMCHECKBOX Displays a checkbox field in a Word "Online Form"

FORMDROPDOWN Displays a dropdown selection in a Word "Online Form"

FORMTEXT Displays a text field in a Word "Online Form"

FTNREF (Obsolete) Inserted a second or subsequent reference to a

footnote. Replaced by NOTEREF.

GLOSSARY (Obsolete) Inserted an item from Word's Glossary. Glossary was

a predecessor of the AUTOTEXT feature. Replaced by AUTOTEXT

GOTOBUTTON Inserts text that the user can click to move the insertion

point to a bookmarked location in the same document

GREETINGLINE Inserts a Greeting Line, typically in a letter (e.g. "Dear

Mr Smith")

HTMLCONTROL Displays an HTML form control such as a text box, checkbox,

dropdown etc.

HYPERLINK Inserts a link that the user can click to move to a specified

bookmark in the same document or to open a URL such as a Web page

IF Evaluates a condition and inserts one result if the condition is

True or another result if it is False

IMPORT (Obsolete) Inserted an image such as a .jpg from a file. Replaced

by INCLUDEPICTURE

INCLUDE (Obsolete) Inserted text from any document or "range" that could

be read using an internal or external text converter. Replaced by

INCLUDETEXT

INCLUDEPICTURE Inserts an image from any file format recognised by one

of Word's graphic converters, e.g. from a .jpg file

INCLUDETEXT Inserts all or part of a Word document or another document

type that can be read using an internal or external text converter

INDEX Inserts an Index constructed from Index Entry fields (XE fields)

INFO Inserts, and in some cases updates, document information such as

AUTHOR, COMMENTS, etc.

KEYWORDS Inserts and/or updates the text of the Keywords document property

LASTSAVEDBY Inserts the user name from Word's User Information as at

the point that the document was last saved

LINK Inserts an OLE link to information in either an external

information source or another part of the current document

LISTNUM Inserts an automatically generated list number (e.g. a

paragraph number)

MACROBUTTON Displays text/image which the user can click to run the

specified VBA macro

MERGEBARCODE displays a 

UPCA|UPCE|JAN13|JAN8|EAN13|EAN8|CASE|ITF14|NW7|CODE39|CODE128|JPPOST|QR barcode (Word 2013 MailMerge only)

MERGEFIELD Inserts the value of the specified column of the current row

from a MailMerge (or on Mac Word, Data Merge) data source

MERGEREC Inserts the number of the current record in the MailMerge data

source

MERGESEQ Inserts the number of the current record in the MailMerge (on

Mac, Data Merge) data source

NEXT Instructs Word to move to the next record in the MailMerge (in

Mac Word, Data Merge) data source

NEXTIF Requests Word to move to the next record in the MailMerge data

source (on Mac, Data Merge data source) if the specified condition is

satisfied

NOTEREF Inserts a second or subsequent reference to a footnote

NUMCHARS Inserts the number of characters in the current document, as

at the last point the statistics were updated

NUMPAGES Inserts the number of pages in the current document according

to the most recent pagination

NUMWORDS Inserts the number of words in the current document according

to the most recent statistics

PAGE Inserts a page number or chapter-page number

PAGEREF Inserts the page number of the referenced item

PLACEHOLDER Displays the specified text. If the user clicks the

placeholder text and types, Word replaces the placeholder text by the

typed text. Mac only.

PRINT Outputs text, "escape characters","control characters" and

Postscript code directly to the printer driver

PRINTDATE Inserts the date/time the document was last printed

PRIVATE A storage area for - for example - original text from documents

converted from other document formats. For example used by Word's

WOrdPerfect converter to support "round-tripping"

QUOTE Inserts text exactly as specified in the field

RD (Referenced Document field) Specifies a document to be included

when constructing a Table of contents (TOC), Table of Authorities (TOA)

or Index (INDEX)

REF Inserts the content of the specified Word Bookmark, or a reference

to its location

REVNUM Inserts the current Document Revision Number

SAVEDATE Inserts the date and time that the document was last saved

SECTION Inserts the number of the current Word Section

SECTIONPAGES Inserts the number of pages in the current Word Section

SEQ Inserts the next number in a named sequence

SET Assigns text and/or other content to a bookmark name

SHAPE Represents certain kinds of objects inserted in the document

SKIPIF During a MailMerge, causes Word to cancel processing of the

current document and start again with the next record

STYLEREF Inserts a copy of the nearest material formatted with the

specified style

SUBJECT Inserts and optionally allows update of the Subject built-in

Document Property

SUBSCRIBER Used by the Mac PUBLISH and SUBSCRIBE system. Mac only.

SYMBOL Inserts the symbol with the specified character number from the

specified typeface

TA Specifies an entry to be inserted using a Table of Authorities

(TOA) field

TC Creates a Table of Contents entry for use by a Table of Contents

(TOC) field

TEMPLATE Inserts the filename or pathname of the Word template attached

to the document

TIME Inserts the current system time

TITLE Inserts and optionally updates the Title built-in Document Property

TOA Inserts a Table of Authorities constructed from entries made using

TA fields

TOC Inserts a Table of Contents for all or part of a document, based

on the text in heading paragraphs and/or TC fields

USERADDRESS Inserts the User Address specified in the User Information

options or specified in the field itself

USERINITIALS Inserts the User Initials specified in the User

Information options or specified in the field

USERNAME Inserts the User Name specified in the User Information

options, or a name specified in the field

USERPROPERTY Inserts a user property such as Fax number from the Address book entry for the user. Mac only.

XE Inserts an Index Entry for use by an INDEX field

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Peter Jamieson

This is the list I use:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/field-codes-in-word-HA102110133.aspx#BM2

It isn't as complete as the list given by Peter but has the advantage of giving syntax and examples.

There is no field that has what you want but you could construct a calculated field that would give you your result.

See How to Control **Page Numbering** in Microsoft Word

This would involve putting a bookmark bookmarked PAGE field on the last page of each uncounted section (formatted white) and adding those into the PAGE calculation in your IF field. Clumsy but it should work. This is a variation of the method used to sequentially page number separate documents.

Note: I haven't tried this, just think it would work.

If you restarted numbering at 1 at the beginning of a section, you could use SECTIONPAGES instead of NUMPAGES.

If you started numbering the entire document at a number other than 1...

If you know the number you restarted your numbering at you could subtract from your current PAGE count.  i.e. if you started page numbering at 10

{IF {={PAGE}-9}<{NUMPAGES} "footer text here" "" }

Again, haven't tried, just speculating.

The best list I know of is available by finding help on the WdFieldType enumeration