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I guess you've confirmed my suspicion that there is no method or property that would tell me if the field exists.<br />
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Thanks, Rgonzo1971.
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I guess you've confirmed my suspicion that there is no method or property that would tell me if the field exists.

Thanks, Rgonzo1971.

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I know I can scan through the formfields in a Word document to determine whether there is one with a particular name, like this:<br />
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For Each aField In ActiveDocument.FormFields <br />
&nbsp;cName = aField.Name<br />
Next aField <br />
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Is there a more direct way to determine whether or not a formfield exists using its name? &nbsp;Ideally, it would look something like this:<br />
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ActiveDocument.FormFields(<wbr />&quot;Text1&quot;).E<wbr />xists
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I know I can scan through the formfields in a Word document to determine whether there is one with a particular name, like this:

For Each aField In ActiveDocument.FormFields 
 cName = aField.Name
Next aField 

Is there a more direct way to determine whether or not a formfield exists using its name?  Ideally, it would look something like this:

ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text1").Exists

Word formfield existence

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