WD2000: Certain Characters Are Not Displayed in Field Results

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SYMPTOMS

The backslash ( \ ) and quotation mark ( " ) characters are not displayed in field results as you intended.

For example, the field 
   {FILLIN "Type "M" or "F" in the box."}

results in the dialog box showing only the word "Type", without the quotation marks.
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CAUSE

The backslash and quotation mark characters are special characters in fields. The backslash is used to indicate the next character as a switch command in the field. Quotation marks are used to enclose literal text strings (see below) within a field.
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WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use a backslash (with no space) before the character you want to include. This tells Word that you want to include this character in the text string.

Preface a quotation mark with \ to make it display in a field code.

For example, the field 
   {FILLIN "Type \"M\" or \"F\" in the box."}

appears in the dialog box as: 
   Type "M" or "F" in the box.

You must also use an extra backslash in an INCLUDE field when you indicate a long Windows path. For example: 
   {INCLUDETEXT "C:\\Winword\\Docs\\Start.doc"}
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Article ID: 197839 - Last Review: December 6, 2000 - Revision: 1.0
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  • Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
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