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easy. fast. working. thank you.<br />
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(though I wish I knew more about Word architecture and how to get to fields directly and not through all-around loops)
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easy. fast. working. thank you.

(though I wish I knew more about Word architecture and how to get to fields directly and not through all-around loops)

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hi experts.<br />
took me a while to understand how to update fields in word document. found out &nbsp;&quot;ActiveDocument.Fields.Upd<wbr />ate&quot; command but I had a field in the header that was not updated with this command<br />
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so I found the &quot;ActiveDocument.Sections(1<wbr />).Headers(<wbr />1).Range.F<wbr />ields.Upda<wbr />te&quot; and was happy but once again, I had a field inside a shape that wasn't updated by both commands.<br />
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so I wonder, what are all the options to update a CustomDocumentProperty in a document, no matter where its location? what collections should I check? (Sections? StoryRanges? Shapes?)<br />
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I'm lost.<br />
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hi experts.
took me a while to understand how to update fields in word document. found out  "ActiveDocument.Fields.Update" command but I had a field in the header that was not updated with this command

so I found the "ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(1).Range.Fields.Update" and was happy but once again, I had a field inside a shape that wasn't updated by both commands.

so I wonder, what are all the options to update a CustomDocumentProperty in a document, no matter where its location? what collections should I check? (Sections? StoryRanges? Shapes?)

I'm lost.

updating fields in word using vb

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